Manchester United News: Javier Hernandez Injury Opens Door for Dimitar Berbatov

Despite picking up a 3-1 victory against Chelsea on Sunday at Old Trafford, not all the news coming out of the Red Devils' camp was positive.

Striker Javier "Chicarito" Hernandez injured his leg on a hard challenge from Ashley Cole late in the match as he attempted to put the ball into the net off a ball that came off the post.

According to the official website of Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson expects Chicarito to miss a couple of weeks,

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We don't know how Hernandez will be. We're going to have to wait until the morning, but at the moment, his leg is very numb. He's hardly got any feeling in it, so he could be out for a couple of weeks.

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Hernandez was subbed out of the match for the final stretch, as Dimitar Berbatov came onto the pitch for the Red Devils.

Berbatov didn't make much of an impact in the game, but he is going to get an opportunity to impress despite Daily Star rumors that Berbatov will demand a transfer at the beginning of the new year.

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Dimitar Berbatov will quit Manchester United in the next transfer window unless the champions hand him a new deal.

The Bulgarian striker has become increasingly frustrated at United after falling down the pecking order.

He is in the final 12 months of his current £100,000-a-week deal and can open talks with new clubs in January.

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"Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan are all monitoring his situation."

It looks like Berbatov will get the opportunity to boost his stock around the world with some quality performance over the next couple weeks.

With Hernandez out and Danny Welbeck still not 100 percent after injuring his hamstring, he will have the opportunity to get much more playing time and possibly regain a larger role with the club.

It will be interesting to see how the next few weeks play out, but Berbatov has been handed a golden opportunity.