Ferdinand no where near fitness, admits Ferguson

DEFENDER Rio Ferdinand is still a month away from returning to action, according to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.

The England captain has spent the last two months recovering from the knee ligament injury which ruled him out of the World Cup.

Ferguson said: “Rio is nowhere near, no. He’s doing little bits of jogging and things like that but I think he’s a month away. We always anticipated it would take time. It’s a knee ligament and, although it wasn’t what you’d call a serious one, it was a hard one. You have to take time with knee ligaments.”