Man Utd skipper out for ten days

Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand will be out with an back problem for around ten days.

The England international suffered the problem while warming-up for the Boxing Day clash with Stoke.

“Rio won’t play against Middlesbrough,” United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said on the club’s official website.

“He had a back spasm again. We have to get to the root of this, he’s had this back problem too many times, so we want to get to the bottom of it.

“First of all, we’ll give him complete rest, but I think he’ll be okay in about 10 days.”

[Source: The Sun]