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SHEFFIELD: Sheffield United are bracing themselves for a crucial trip to face Manchester United without record signing Claude Davis.
Davis limped off during the second half of the Blades’ crucial 3-0 triumph over relegation rivals West Ham at Bramall Lane on Saturday following a challenge on Nigel Reo-Coker.
The influential centre back, who joined the Blades at the start of the season from Preston in a £3.5mil deal, is now facing a race against time to recover ahead of tomorrow’s clash with Sir Alex Ferguson’s treble-chasing side.
The Blades have climbed out of the bottom three but the prospect of returning from Old Trafford empty handed is heightened by Davis’s likely absence.
Warnock can ill-afford to be without the Jamaica international against a United side running riot at home and abroad this season.
He will have intensive treatment on the troublesome ankle problem and may even be forced to undergo scans to discover the extent of the damage.
His loss would be a massive blow to Warnock, who admits his side will travel across the Pennines with some trepidation but no lack of fight. Warnock said: “We won’t lack fight and have players with more of it than Manchester United.”
Davis limped off during the second half of the Blades’ crucial 3-0 triumph over relegation rivals West Ham at Bramall Lane on Saturday following a challenge on Nigel Reo-Coker.
The influential centre back, who joined the Blades at the start of the season from Preston in a £3.5mil deal, is now facing a race against time to recover ahead of tomorrow’s clash with Sir Alex Ferguson’s treble-chasing side.
The Blades have climbed out of the bottom three but the prospect of returning from Old Trafford empty handed is heightened by Davis’s likely absence.
Warnock can ill-afford to be without the Jamaica international against a United side running riot at home and abroad this season.
He will have intensive treatment on the troublesome ankle problem and may even be forced to undergo scans to discover the extent of the damage.
His loss would be a massive blow to Warnock, who admits his side will travel across the Pennines with some trepidation but no lack of fight. Warnock said: “We won’t lack fight and have players with more of it than Manchester United.”