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Summary Manchester United will be without Ashley Young for two weeks because of cartilage on his knee.
Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed the England forward, 27, who has not played since August, would not be rushed back.Ferguson said: Were taking our time. You can easily play with it and train but were not going down that road, we want to make sure hes okay.Wayne Rooney should be fit to play next week, the United manager added.The England striker has not featured for United since suffering a gash on his right thigh after coming on as a substitute during a 3-2 victory over Fulham on 25 August.Hes not far away. I think he may be fine for next week, said Ferguson.Hes doing a lot of great training and has been working hard. Its just a matter of getting him into the full football training side of things, which he has been part of.Young has also not played since the victory over Fulham but he was not expected to return to action as quickly as team-mate Rooney.Ferguson said: We get a lot of experiences these days of these injuries re-occurring when they come back too quickly and we dont want that with the players. We want to give them a full recovery.He should be okay in two or three weeks time.Ferguson revealed Darren Fletcher, who came on as substitute in the 1-0 Champions League victory over Galatasaray, is expected to start Wednesdays Capital One Cup tie against Newcastle.
