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Champions League - United trio out for Celtic clash
Edwin van der Sar, Gary Neville and Wes Brown have been left out of Manchester United's squad to face Celtic in the Champions League on Wednesday evening.
England defender Brown (pictured with Van der Sar) has an ankle problem that has seen him sidelined for the last two matches and missed training at Carrington on Tuesday morning.
Neville, who has fought with 18-year-old Brazilian Rafael da Silva recently for the right-back berth vacated by Brown, has also been ruled out. Rafael will therefore start on the right side of defence against the Hoops.
Long-term absentees Paul Scholes and Owen Hargreaves were the other absentees as the English and European champions flew to Scotland for the Group E clash at Parkhead.
Former Netherlands goalkeeper Van der Sar will be rested by United manager Alex Ferguson ahead of Saturday's match against Arsenal at The Emirates.
He will be replaced in the starting line-up by Ben Foster,:pompom: who will make his Champions League debut.
"I want to play in as many games as possible, although it is nice to get a little rest once in a blue moon," Van der Sar told the Red Devils' television station.
"I realise you cannot win things with 11 or 12 players."
Ferguson decided not to take 19-year-old reserve team skipper James Chester, who had been expected to make the trip north, while Angolan striker Manucho also misses out.
If United win the match, they will progress to the knock-out phase of the competition having taken seven points from their opening three matches, the same as Villarreal. Celtic and Aalborg have both earned one.
Full squad:
Tomasz Kuszczak, Ben Foster; Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, John O'Shea, Rafael da Silva, Jonny Evans; Rodrigo Possebon, Anderson, Darren Fletcher, Nani, Cristiano Ronaldo, Darron Gibson, Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick, Park Ji-Sung; Carlos Tevez, Dimitar Berbatov, Wayne Rooney. |
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Post time 3-11-2008 11:46 PM
