Kagawa injury rocks United

Manchester United midfielder Shinji
Kagawa has been ruled out for three
to four weeks by a knee injury.
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 Dortmund over 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."