Tonight the Red Devils face the German Champions League debutants VFL Wolfsburg for the second game of the group stages in the Champions League. It is our first CL home game this season and we certainly hope the squad will continue their excellent run, a much better one than the Dippers, who lost their third competitive game already this season away at Fiorentina.

There have been minor injury and illness scares with Owen suffering a slight groin problem and Evra been ill but both should be fit. Busy and annoying worker bee Park Ji Sung has been ruled out due to illness. Otherwise the complete squad is available, also Brown and Ferdinand. The gaffer has not hinted at who will start but we can expect Foster in front of the net.

In other news, EVDS has returned to training and Owen Hargreaves returned home from the US to continue his rehabilitation at Carrington. The Canadian born England star is expected back within a month.

As usual there will be live updates on the Manchester United Blog Facebook page.

I think we’ll win 3-0. What do you think?

Tags:   Champions League · EVDS · preview. · Vfl. Wolfsburg

Our Doyen, Edwin van der Sar has said that contrarily to expectations his career might continue after this season. It was uttered that he would decided in December whether he would continue next season or not but today he told The Mirror that he still is hungry and will not retire before Manchester United have won the Champions League again.

The two times CL winner, with Ajax before he won the Cup with the Big Ears with the Red Devils, is not worried about the threat Real madrid could pose either:

I am not concerned by what Real Madrid have done. It is all about the team spirit. Eleven Cristiano Ronaldos wouldn’t lead to success.

The #1 United goal keeper, who is rumoured to return on the international stage with the Netherlands in South Africa next summer, also said some wise words about the Portuguese winger:

Of course, Ronaldo was a big player for us. And we have to change our team a bit now. But we will do that. United is a lot bigger than Ronaldo.

Source: The Mirror

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