Sir Alex may be without stars
Sir Alex Ferguson may have to do without some of the players who took part in the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany for the start of the new season.
Several players, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha and Mikael Silvestre only returned to training this week, while Gabriel Heinze, Nemanja Vidic and Gary Neville are all injured.
"I think we’ve got to start thinking about what the team will be on the first day of the season," Sir Alex told MUTV. "It won’t include some of the World Cup players. We'll have to depend on the ones we know are 100 per cent fit, players that have a few games behind them and are really sharp for that opening game."
The United boss will not want that situation to linger on, after stating that poor starts in the last two seasons have cost United dearly.
United skipper Neville, who is struggling with the same calf problem that hampered his World Cup, pulled out of the Amsterdam Tournament as he looks to overcome the injury.
"It's a case of clearing up the problem I had in the summer," said the 31-year-old defender. "It is something to do with my leg length that's causing it, and it keeps recurring."
Neville missed three-and-a-half months at the start of last season due to injury and was sorely missed.
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