West Brom v MAN UNITED: Evra set to miss Hawthorns showdown with knee injury

Patrice Evra is a major doubt for Manchester United's opening Barclays Premier League game at West Brom on Sunday.

The full-back was forced out of last week's Community Shield win over Manchester City with a knee injury and was not fit enough to play in France's midweek friendly with Chile.

Major doubt: Evra is set to miss United's opener against West Brom 

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed Evra is still struggling, so either Fabio or Jonny Evans will likely step in.

Darren Fletcher (virus) and Antonio Valencia are pencilled in for reserve-team appearances on Monday, while Javier Hernandez (concussion) is sidelined for another fortnight.