Neville facing lay-off

Gary Neville has been ruled out of Manchester United’s Premiership clash with Watford tomorrow and England’s Euro 2008 qualifiers against Andorra and Macedonia next week.

Neville has been struggling with a calf injury since returning from the World Cup and though he did figure in the season opener against Fulham last weekend he was forced off after just 45 minutes.

Alex Ferguson confirmed today that Neville has now been ordered to take a complete rest in the hope of him being fit to face either Tottenham at Old Trafford on September 9 or Arsenal eight days later.

Ferguson also revealed that defender Nemanja Vidic had broken his wrist in training, although that should not prevent him linking up with the Serbia squad next week.

Vidic will not be considered for the trip to Vicarage Road, where Michael Carrick is expected to make his first start since his move from Tottenham in the summer.

Team (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Brown, Ferdinand, Silvestre, Evra, Ronaldo, Fletcher, O’Shea, Miller, Richardson, Carrick, Park, Giggs, Saha, Solskjaer, Rossi.