The former Aberdeen boss claims that United will take advantage of their qualification in the UEFA Champions League and field a youthful side once against the Romanian giants in December.
Sir Alex Ferguson has been afforded the chance to rest his senior players this time around after the Red Devils managed to secure a place in the latter stages of the UEFA Champions League.
While the 19-time English champions were ousted from the competition in the group stages last time out, they have managed to rectify things and now have the luxury of playing another dead rubber game against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/CFR-Cluj-c38778.
The Romanian giants may be cannon fodder for Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752’s strongest side, but for youngsters it could be a vital way to gain some much needed UEFA Champions League experience.
Ferguson played most of his fringe and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Turkey-c3026 and although the result did not go his way, he was pleased with how his charges performed throughout the ninety minutes.
Nick Powell, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joshua-King-c19546 were amongst the players who made their maiden bows for the club last night and Sir Alex has reiterated that they will get another chance next month when the game against Cluj comes around.
Speaking to reporters, the manager claimed that with no threat of qualification at stake, he won’t have any qualms naming a similar line-up against the Romanian giants when they come to visit Old Trafford in December.
"We'll play a similar team against Cluj that goes without saying. We've qualified and there's no reason why we shouldn't use the squad."
Continuing, he reflected back on United’s last visit to Galatasaray and heralded the atmosphere showed by the club’s supporters, although he was keen to reiterate that the Reds’ fortunes in the competition had changed significantly.
"It is a fantastic stadium and obviously an improvement from the old one. There is not much difference in the atmosphere. The biggest change since then is that we have won the competition twice and we have qualified for the last 16 this year too,” Fergie
was quoted as saying while speaking to the media.
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