Manchester United's Saha out of Kiev trip
Monday, 22 October 2007
MANCHESTER (England), Oct 21 (AFP): Manchester United striker Louis Saha will miss his side's Champions League trip to Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday as he struggles to recover from a knee injury.
The France international aggravated the long-standing problem in the warm-up before a match against Wigan earlier this month and he was absent again when United won 4-1 at Aston Villa Saturday.
Serbian defender Nemanja Vidic has been named in United's squad but he is also a doubt with the concussion that kept him out of the Villa match.
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who is also without Gary Neville and Owen Hargreaves for the Kiev clash, said: "Vidic is a doubt for Tuesday. He trained Friday but he is still feeling some reaction to the knock he got against Wigan.
"In that situation you can't take a chance. I'm hopeful he will be ready. We will see how he is. He will be close but I'm not so sure he will be ready to play in Kiev."
The France international aggravated the long-standing problem in the warm-up before a match against Wigan earlier this month and he was absent again when United won 4-1 at Aston Villa Saturday.
Serbian defender Nemanja Vidic has been named in United's squad but he is also a doubt with the concussion that kept him out of the Villa match.
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who is also without Gary Neville and Owen Hargreaves for the Kiev clash, said: "Vidic is a doubt for Tuesday. He trained Friday but he is still feeling some reaction to the knock he got against Wigan.
"In that situation you can't take a chance. I'm hopeful he will be ready. We will see how he is. He will be close but I'm not so sure he will be ready to play in Kiev."