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Re: Manchester United's Headliners, Articles and Rumours
Fergie planning United changes
Posted by Bill on Fri May 04 @ 11:15:05

Sir Alex Ferguson is preparing to make changes as Manchester United bid to move closer to the Premiership title by beating Manchester City.Having highlighted a lack of freshness in his team as a major factor behind Wednesday's defeat by AC Milan, Ferguson finds himself in the welcome position of having options for the derby clash.

Rio Ferdinand seems certain to start, as do forwards Louis Saha and Alan Smith, who were both consigned to the bench in the San Siro in midweek.

In addition, left-back Patrice Evra is available after suspension and could replace Gabriel Heinze, who hardly covered himself in glory against Milan.

The squad did not return from Milan until the early hours of Thursday morning and Ferguson wants them to have as much rest as possible ahead of the City clash, when victory would leave Chelsea in the unenviable position of having to win all their three remaining matches to stand any chance of retaining the championship.

"I am sure everyone will want to play because it is a derby game but I need to assess what is the right thing to do," said Ferguson.

"The key thing is that at least I have some options for the first time in a few weeks."

Ferguson also confirmed captain Gary Neville has a chance of returning for the FA Cup final against Chelsea on May 19.

Neville suffered ankle ligament damage against Bolton on March 17 and was expected to miss the remainder of the season.

However, the full-back is likely to return for the first final at the new Wembley and Ferguson would then have no problem with Neville linking up with the England squad ahead of the crucial Euro 2008 qualifier in Estonia on June 6.

"We have seen an improvement in the injury and Gary has a chance for the final," said Ferguson.

"If he is fit, he could join up with England. At least he will be fresh."

United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Heinze, Evra, Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick, Fletcher, Eagles, Giggs, Richardson, Rooney, Smith, Saha, Solskjaer.

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