Silvestre Cruciate Blow
September 17th, 2007 at 1:59 am , filed under News.
Mikael Silvestre has been confirmed will likely miss the rest of the season after a scans revealed he’s suffering from a cruciate knee ligament injury against Everton on Saturday.
The French international left-back, who was playing his second match of the season, got his studs caught in the Goodison Park turf and fell awkwardly.
Silvestre is the third United players in the treatment table to suffer a serious knee injury this yea, after similar fates befell Korean midfielder hero Ji-sung Park and goal keeper Ben Foster.
The treatment table now have 5 players in it injury list, Darren Fletcher and John O’Shea who suffered injury following international duty will likely to miss a number of weeks at least.
Following Gabriel Heinze sale to Real Madrid, Ferguson now only have Patrice Evra as the only recognised left-back. However, United’s squad has been suitably reinforced over the summer by the return of burgeoning talents such as Gerard Pique, Jonny Evans, Danny Simpson and Phil Bardsley.