Beckham hit by new injury

[SOCALRED]

2002, 23:45 GMT
Beckham hit by new injury

Manchester United midfielder David Beckham has fractured his ribs and will be out for between two and three weeks.

Beckham was in pain after the Leverkusen match

The England captain is thought to have picked up the injury in the Premiership win over Southampton a fortnight ago.

He played in the Champions League victory over Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday but was in pain after the match and tests revealed the rib injury.

Beckham will definitely miss United's Premiership trip to West Ham on Sunday.

He could also miss the Premiership matches against Newcastle, Liverpool and Arsenal, plus the Champions League match away to Basle and a Worthington Cup tie at Burnley.

The news is the latest injury blow for United, who are currently without skipper Roy Keane, Rio Ferdinand and Nicky Butt.

Beckham, who broke a bone in his left foot in the run up to the World Cup finals, is due to link up with the England squad for a get-together on Monday.

 

[RUnited]

good. will get those posters wanting to get rid of giggs to calm down a little. we'll need giggs to atleast get through all these injuries..

to hell with the posters wanting to rid us of our true talent - Ryan Giggs. <img src="graemlins/devil.gif" border="0" alt="[Devil]" />

 

[26 may 1999]

Six weeks they're saying now.

 

[farawaylands]

Originally posted by RUnited:
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to hell with the posters wanting to rid us of our true talent - Ryan Giggs. <img src="graemlins/devil.gif" border="0" alt="[Devil]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>

right on.

 

[dmode]

Ô my...

 

[markpud]

We are really going to struggle for any extended period without Beckham, Keane and Butt. This is a huge core of our midfield nad our main driving force/ball winners gone....

Others must stand up tall and drive the team on now, I'm looking to Giggs, Veron, Fortune, Phil Nev to do the biz <img src="graemlins/keano.gif" border="0" alt="[Keano]" />