Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson admits the club's senior players play a major role in new signings settling at Old Trafford.

Fergie said: "I see them all sat at the table and we have Spanish, Argentinians, Brazilians, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Koreans and Serbians all communicating and understanding each other and laughing, and I say to myself why can't they understand me?

Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic says they can be happy with the point earned from yesterday's1-1 draw at Blackburn Rovers.

"It's a big point," the Serbian centre back told MUTV after the final whistle at Blackburn. "At the end of the day we were losing 1-0 with 10 minutes to go and we equalised. So we're happy.

Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves risks missing their Champions League semifinal against Barcelona with a hamstring strain.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson could have influential defender Nemanja Vidic back for the Blackburn match on Saturday.

The Serbia international has missed the last three games after suffering a knee injury against Roma in the Champions League.

Edwin van der Sar admits Manchester United are missing crocked defender Nemanja Vidic.

Van der Sar said: "Of course we miss him, he is a very important player for us.

"It is no coincidence that with Vidic absent we had some problems but the players who came in did okay."

Manchester United defender Gerard Pique is ready to play if called for tomorrow night's Champions League tie with Roma.

Crocked Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic will miss the Premiership showdown with Arsenal this month due to his knee injury.

United feared their first choice centre-back, 26, had damaged knee ligaments when he was carried off in Rome on Tuesday night. But scans showed the injury is not so serious and he will be out for up to three weeks.

Rio Ferdinand lived the dream of leading England out as captain on Wednesday night, but there was no fairytale ending as the Three Lions slumped to a 1-0 defeat in the Stade de France.

A first-half Frank Ribery penalty was enough to hand the home side victory in a match that also saw David Beckham win his 100th England cap.

Nemanja Vidic has revealed he's close to Manchester United defensive partner Rio Ferdinand on and off the pitch.

Vidic said: "Rio and I have a great partnership and we are good mates. It was difficult when I first came here because my English was not so good, but now it's much better.

Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic admits he was impressed by Olmypique Lyon striker Karim Benzema after the youngster scored in last night's 1-1 draw.

United are chasing Benzema for next season and Vidic said: "Lyon have some good players and Benzema caused us some problems.