United have confirmed that Rio Ferdinand has escaped the dreaded broken metatarsal but remain vague about the prognosis on his foot injury suffered against Boro on Sunday [source].
“Rio went for a scan on Monday and we can confirm that he has not suffered any break”, stated a “club spokesman”.
Ferdinand is certain to miss the Champions League second leg with Roma on Wednesday with Pique favourite to be drafted in. He must also be a major doubt for the weekend clash with Arsenal but Ferguson is clearly keeping his cards close to his chest on this given the lack of information on the assessment of the injury today.