Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa will be sidelined for three to four weeks with a knee injury, manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed.
The Japan star, 23, twisted awkwardly during Tuesday's thrilling 3-2 comeback win over Braga in the Champions League and subsequent scans have confirmed damage to the ligaments.
Kagawa has made an encouraging start to life at Old Trafford since signing from Borussia Dortmundover the summer in a deal set to rise to £17m, and his absence is likely to result in Tom Cleverley starting further forward in Sunday's clash with Chelsea.
Better news for Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson comes in the forms of Chris Smalling and Phil Jones, who will return to training next week having finally overcome a broken metatarsal and knee trouble respectively.
Meanwhile, Ferguson has backed defender Rio Ferdinand over his joint statement with brother Anton on the continuing row over racism in football.
The Scot said: "I was pleased he did that, him and his brother. Awareness is rising, the problem isn't going to go away but I think the FA need to work harder especially with UEFA. But for now we need to be concentrating on football."
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