Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson admits he's unsure when Nemanja Vidic will be available.
Ferguson did hint Vidic would be in his starting line-up for the defeat of Portsmouth at Old Trafford nine days ago. But he did not make that, or the trip to Aston Villa which followed.
And when the United party left Manchester for their attempt to overcome AC Milan at the San Siro for the first time this morning, Vidic was not there either.
"It is a difficult one," said Ferguson. "He feels he needs to do a lot of training and has been training for the past 10 days but he doesn't feel ready to take part in games.
"It is something we have to be patient with and that is what we are doing at the moment."