Neville out of FA Cup final

Updated 18.37 Tue May 15 2007

Keywords: sport, Hilario, Gary Neville

Manchester United skipper Gary Neville is out of Saturday's FA Cup final showdown with Chelsea.

Neville has not featured for the Red Devils since injuring his right ankle against Bolton on March 17.

Neville has not featured for the Red Devils since injuring his right ankle against Bolton on March 17

The full-back was due to return to training on Monday, but is still suffering from the injury. He will now undergo an exploratory operation.

Meanwhile, Jose Mourinho claims Chelsea's injury problems are so bad he will consider picking goalkeeper Hilario as a substitute striker for the final.

Andriy Shevchenko, Michael Ballack, Ricardo Carvalho and Arjen Robben are undergoing treatment, while Ashley Cole is facing a race against time to be fit, meaning Mourinho could have goalkeepers Hilario and Carlo Cudicini on the bench.

He said: "I will have to choose between Hilario because he is not bad playing forward, or I'll bring one of the kids to make 16."