The midfielder was injured following a tackle by Kevin Davies during Saturday's 5-0 win at Bolton Wanderers.
United expect the England Under-21 midfielder to be out for four weeks which is an improvement on the forecast on Saturday when they feared a fracture would have meant he was unable to play for months.
next month
The 22-year-old will miss England's Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro next month but should be available for November's matches, when national team manager Capello has pencilled him in to make his debut.United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will have been cheered by the news one of his rising stars is out for weeks rather than months.
But he confirmed Jonny Evans and Patrice Evans are doubtful for Wednesday's Champions League match with Benfica in Lisbon.
"Jonny is doubtful for Wednesday," Ferguson said.
"He got a knee in the hip in the second half which was pretty painful, while Patrice got a kick on the kneecap."

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