Lindegaard scan deepens United keeper crisis
1 February 2012
Anders Lindegaard has been ruled
out for four weeks, leaving Manchester United to rely on calamity keeper David
De Gea for their crunch period.
Lindegaard had a scan yesterday
on the ankle he injured on Monday, which revealed the United No.1 has suffered
ligament damage.
The Denmark international is
definitely out of United's games against Chelsea, Liverpool and Norwich - and
is struggling to be ready for Tottenham on March 4.
With Lindegaard out, Sir Alex
Ferguson will have to turn to De Gea for United's crucial next phase in the
title race.
De Gea also suffered a knock in
Monday's training session, but his problem is much less serious and he could be
back to play at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
The young Spaniard was at fault
for both Liverpool goals on Saturday and Fergie cannot take him out of the
firing line, like he did after his horror show in United's home defeat to
Blackburn on New Year's Eve.
United's only other options are
the inexperienced Ben Amos, who made his Premier League debut against Stoke
yesterday, and outcast Tomasz Kuszczak, who will be shown the door in the
summer when his contract expires.
Although Amos is the same age as
De Gea at 21, his appearance in the 2-0 win over the Potters was only his
seventh in his five seasons at Old Trafford.
Amos hopes he has shown Ferguson
he is ready for more league action after being restricted to just three games
in the Carling Cup this season.
"I have been waiting a long
time for an opportunity this season and thankfully it came," he said.
"I feel I am ready to play
at this level and it has been kind of frustrating that these chances don't come
around. But you have to be ready when something like that happens and you are
thrown straight in and I like to think I made the most of it.
"All I can do is go out and
do the best I can, and put pressure on the other goalkeepers in training and
try and get a chance in the games. But it's the manager's decision at the end
of the day."
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