EARLY TEAM NEWS

Ryan Giggs, Louis Saha and Gary Neville are out of United's game with FC Copenhagen tonight.

Neville and Giggs may also miss the weekend match against Portsmouth with Neville having a recurrence of his calf injury while Giggs has a hamstring complaint. Saha has hurt his knee and should only miss the Copenhagen game.

“We had a tough game at Bolton on Saturday and we have another Saturday match this week, which doesn't make it any easier for us in terms of the injury situation,” said Ferguson.

“But we do have players like Wes Brown and Gabriel Heinze to come in so things are not so bad.”

“I am delighted with the form of the team,” said Ferguson.

“We want to make sure we qualify tomorrow. That is a priority for us.”

He seemed slightly more concerned with Neville's injury:

"It is a difficult one," admitted Ferguson. "We could have played him but I am worried the recovery from Saturday's game is short, so we decided to give him more training.

"If the injury keeps recurring we have a problem, so we need to try and nip it in the bud now to ensure when he comes back into the team he is 100 percent fit.

"We don't want him playing, then needing treatment. That is the way you pick up other injuries."

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