Vidic ruled out for rest of the season

Nemanja Vidic suffers his injury during the Champions League defeat to Basel

Sir Alex Fergusan has confirmed that Nemanja Vidic will miss the rest of the season after x-rays showed that he has seriously injured his knee.

Vidic (Manchester United's captain) ruptured a cruciate knee ligament in the Champions League defeat against FC Basel, that knocked out Manchester United from the League, on Thursday. 

The Serbian defender was a crucial player for the club and it's a big blow for the fans and Fergusan.

"It's not unexpected but it's still bad news," Ferguson said. "We thought it was a bad one and unfortunately he's out for the season. He sees the specialist on Monday to work out the progress of when he has his operation. It won't be immediately as we have to let the swelling come down. It's a blow."

The champions league defeat demoted Manchester United to Europa League. Fergusan said that it was "our penalty for not qualifying".

"This club has only thought about the Champions League. We have just thought about winning that European Cup. The punishment is the big disappointment of not challenging for it this year, having been in three finals in the last four years," he said.

Uefa president, Michel Platini, launched the defence of Europa League saying that "the world does not revolve around England".

 "You shouldn't criticise the Europa League just because you've played in three Champions League finals," he continued.