Rio Ferdinand has been passed fit to face Bolton Wanderers in Saturday's Premiership encounter at Old Trafford.
The Sun had reported on Friday morning that the England centre-back would be out of action until the end of March after breaking a rib against Middlesbrough last weekend.
However, Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed at his weekly press briefing that Ferdinand had only suffered bruising at The Riverside Stadium, and is fit to face Sam Allardyce's side.
"I gave you in the bulletin on Tuesday exactly what is wrong with him, but some choose, through their own absurdity, to keep talking about a cracked rib that's not there," he said.
"So, he's okay and there's nothing wrong with him. The update from last week's squad is that we have only got Henrik Larsson missing, everyone else is fit.
"Patrice Evra is also fit, which gives us a reasonable squad to face the game tomorrow. It's a marvellously important game for us."
