Manchester Uniteds Anderson out for the rest of the season

Published: 10:35AM GMT twenty-five February 2010

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Anderson, who was creation his initial coming for over a month, suffered the damage during the initial half of the 3-0 Premier League win.

It is an additional reversal for the Brazilian, who has struggled to hold down a unchanging place given fasten United from Porto in 2007.

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"It is a bad blow for the child and a bad blow for us," Sir Alex Ferguson said.

Meanwhile, Ferguson has reliable Rio Ferdinand will not be fit sufficient to captain England opposite Egypt at Wembley subsequent Wednesday.

Ferdinand was approaching to lead his nation after inheriting the armband from John Terry following the Chelsea defender"s well-publicised personal problems.

But after the 31 year-old felt a pang in his behind brazen of United"s feat over West Ham on Tuesday, Ferdinand has right away been consigned to the sidelines for a integrate of weeks.

"He won"t be fit for the England game," pronounced Ferguson. "That is obvious."

Liverpool"s Steven Gerrard would crop up to be subsequent on the list for Capello, who will be at Chelsea to watch their Premier League confront with Manchester City - and the assembly in between Terry and Wayne Bridge - on Saturday, with possibly Frank Lampard or Wayne Rooney behaving as back-up.

Not that Ferguson is overly meddlesome in England affairs.

He is some-more dissapoint at losing Ferdinand to a behind damage that has tormented him for eighteen months only as Nemanja Vidic was returning to his starting line-up.

"It is a blow for us since I was seeking brazen to carrying Ferdinand and Vidic behind on Tuesday," Ferguson said.

"Unfortunately, it wasn"t to be.

"You never know with behind injuries and we have been by this before, but we don"t think it is as well serious.

"I don"t think he will be fit for the AC Milan diversion but I don"t think it will be prolonged afterwards. We think he could be behind in dual weeks."