Rio Ferdinand has been ruled out of Manchester United's match with Marseille in the Champions League.

Rio Ferdinand has not played since injuring a calf before the Premier League defeat at Wolves on 5 February and his fellow central defender Jonny Evans also missed the trip because of an ankle problem. That meant Chris Smalling was in line to start alongside Nemanja Vidic against the French side.

Giggs was another absentee from the United party, which was also missing Michael Owen, who has a groin injury. Anderson was a non-traveller and the midfielder could be out for around two months after damaging medial ligaments in his knee during Saturday's FA Cup fifth-round win over Crawley Town.