Antonio Valencia could be ruled out for the season after suffering a horrific injury in Manchester United’s Champions League match with Rangers last night.
Valencia went down injured from a seemingly harmless challenge from Rangers Kirk Broadfoot, but television cameras showed that the Ecuadorian’s foot was pointing the wrong way.
“It is a dislocation or a fracture and he gets operated on Wednesday morning,” manager Sir Alex Ferguson revealed.
“It was an innocuous challenge but when you saw the Rangers player waving, you knew it was a bad one.
“It is a bad blow for the boy. It is similar to the injury Alan Smith got and you are talking about the rest of the season.”
Kirk Broadfoot was severely distressed after witnessing the incident.
“I’m not too sure what happened,” the Rangers defender said after the match.
“I just slid in and looked round and his bone was sticking out. We tried to get the physio on to help him because you don’t like to see that.
“These things happen and hopefully he makes a fast recovery. I’ve never seen anything like that so close before.
“You see things like that on television and it’s not good but to see it there in front of you, it doesn’t look nice and I just hope he recovers quickly.”
