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FLETCHER MAKES SQUAD

The Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has included the Scottish midfielder Darren Fletcher in the Champions League squad for the group stages. Fletcher has not played for Manchester United for more than a year now due to the chronic bowel condition he has been suffering from. It is not known whether he will return from his problems to play for Manchester United again, although the club officials have been extremely confident about his return. He was initially expected to return to first-team action in September, and Manchester United have raised the hopes of getting the star midfielder back by including him in the squad for the Champions League group stages.

Sir Alex Ferguson has also included Darren Fletcher in the squad for the Premier league up until January, while other long-term absentees like Stilian Petrov for Aston Villa has also been included. The Aston Villa captain has been suffering from leukaemia, but it is thought that he is winning his battle against the disease. Manchester United will be able to make only 25 names for the Premier league squad until January, while there can be any number of under 21 players. Rather than leave Darren Fletcher out of the squad until January, Ferguson has included him in the squad prompting suggestions that he could return to first-team action sooner rather than later.

Manchester United have included the latest summer signing Nick Powell in the squad. The 18-year-old striker was signed from League one in the summer for around £ 4 million. He will be competing for a spot against the likes of Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie, Danny Welbeck, and Hernandez. However, the £ 7 million signing Bebe, who has raised a lot of controversy, has not been included in the squad for the Premier league or the Champions League.

BIG MISTAKE

The former Arsenal striker, Eduardo, has said that Arsene Wenger has made a big mistake by selling Robin Van Persie and Alex Song this summer. Eduardo said that Persie and Song were the vital players of the Arsenal side and he is not sure if Arsenal would be able to perform well in the absence of these two players. Arsenal’s performance in the last season was very good and the team finished at no. 3 in the Premier League. Persie and Song played a major role in Arsenal’s brilliant performance in the last season. Persie scored 37 goals and assisted in 13 goals, while, Song assisted in 16 goals. But, both these players have left the club this summer. Persie has been sold to Manchester United, while, Song has joined Barcelona.

Eduardo himself had played for Arsenal for three years between 2007 and 2010. He took transfer to Shakhtar Donetsk 2 years ago. In the three seasons that he played for Arsenal, Eduardo featured in 67 games and scored 22 goals. He also had to struggle with severe leg injury during his tenure at Arsenal. Eduardo has also denied the rumors of his transfer to Fulham. Eduardo made it clear that he has no plans in his mind to leave the Ukrainian club, Shakhtar Donetsk, this summer. His contract would get finished after two years and after that, he would decide about his future.

However, Eduardo said that the other teams should not take Arsenal lightly in Persie’s absence. Arsenal still has some very good players in its squad and it is still a decent team. As per Eduardo, when Fabregas and Nasri had left Arsenal last year, many experts had said that Arsenal would not be able to finish in top 4 in the Premier League. But, the team proved its critics wrong by finishing at no. 3. So, the other teams should be careful against Arsenal in the upcoming season.