"Ruud's injury is a difficult one to assess but we're giving him the right rehabilitation. We don't want to force him into a situation when we don't need to and hopefully we can have him ready for the AC Milan games." The Sun have turned this into 10 weeks and that Ruud will miss the Milan game.
"I expect Louis Saha to be back around the middle of January - certainly not any later than the end of the month."
'It is a hectic period, so you would expect most teams with strong squads to use them,' said Ferguson. 'But we will have had an eight-day break by the time we get to Sunday, so there is no need to make changes just yet.'