Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Rio Ferdinand has had another back spasm and is out for the Carling Cup final

“He tweaked his back in training and he won’t be ready for Sunday,” said Ferguson.
“It is unfortunate for him that he’s going to miss a couple of game

This is great news for us as Vidic is unlikely to play against us after such a long time out and we have to fancy our chances facing a Man U back 4 featuring Evans and Brown. Also talking of their defence I do not rate Rafael that highly and Neville is on his last legs. With our pace on the wide open grass at Wembley we should be able to run them around.

No clues tonight from Fergie on any other possible team news but after the Man City semi he did say he would play a different (weaker) team in the final.