Manchester United Update: Wayne Rooney may feature against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809
It is being speculated that Manchester United striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 could return to the starting XI for the FA Cup fixture against Liverpool at Old Trafford.
Rooney was, hands down, the best player of United’s unconvincing 2-1 victory over West Bromwich Albion on New Year’s day. However, the player received a rash tackle from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-c9006 Brunt towards the end of the match and was seen limping
off the pitch towards the final minutes. With all the substitutions already made, Rooney returned to the pitch and played through the pain to guide the side to victory. That particular performance won the hearts of many critics and fans that had turned against
him following his contract tensions in October.
The player missed the home victory against Stoke City this Tuesday, but has returned to the training ground to raise his hand for selection for the FA Cup fixture.
"If it had been serious Wayne would not have come back on last week. Maybe it was not the right thing to do in terms of getting him ready for Tuesday's game. But he started work yesterday and we just hope that he will be all right
for Sunday," confirmed the United manager. Veteran goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar could also take his place in between the sticks, after missing two straight fixtures. Should he not return, second choice goalkeeper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tomasz-Kuszczak-c35329 would be selected instead of
newly signed Danish shot stopper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Anders-Lindegaard-c5553.
The United boss confirmed that Lindegaard is now available for selection, but he would prefer to play Kuszczak, as the Polish has done well in the recent two fixtures, against West Brom and Stoke City.
"Anders has done well training-wise but he has not had any experience of the English game, so that will have a bearing. It depends on whether Edwin is fit of course but I would probably pick Tomasz in this particular game," stated
the United boss.
Ferguson wants to keep all three goalkeepers for the remainder of the season and he has confirmed that youngster http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Owen-Hargreaves-c28918
remains unanswered and the manager gave no further update on him. Hargreaves made his first start in nearly two years against Wolverhampton Wanderers this season, but lasted only 5 minutes owing to a hamstring issue.
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