Mikael Silvestre’s injury, piqued up in yesterday’s game against Everton, has been confirmed by OT. The French defender suffers a knee ligament injury and is out for unknown period.
We now officially have a left-back problem, after the departure of Heinze for Real Madrid, but maybe this is the chance for Gerard Pique, the Spanish U21 international, to break through in our first squad, or maybe Jonny Evans.