HOME GROUND: Old Trafford

MANAGER: Sir Alex Ferguson

LAST SEASON STATS

Premier League: 2^nd

FA Cup: 4^th Round

League Cup: 5^th Round

Europe: Champions League Group Stage

Top scorer (all comps): Wayne Rooney, 29

SQUAD

KEEPERS 1 David De Gea 30 Sam Johnstone 34 Anders Lindegaard     DEFENDERS 3 Patrice Evra 4 Phil Jones 5 Rio Ferdinand 6 Jonathan Evans 12 Chris Smalling 15 Nemanja Vidic 21 Rafael Da Silva 31 Scott Wootton 36 Marnick Vermijl 38 Michael Keane 39 Tom Thorpe 42 Tyler Blackett

MIDFIELDERS 7 Antonio Valencia 8 Anderson 11 Ryan Giggs        16 Michael Carrick 22 Paul Scholes         23 Tom Cleverley  24 Darren Fletcher 37 Robbie Brady   45 Davide Petrucci 46 Ryan Tunnicliffe 52 Larnell Cole 53 Jessie Lingard

FORWARDS 9 Dimitar Berbatov 10 Wayne Rooney 14 Javier Hernandez 17 Luis Nani 18 Ashley Young 19 Danny Welbeck 25 Nick Powell 26 Shinji Kagawa 27 Federico Macheda 33 Tiago Bebe 41 Joshua King 48 Will Keane

STAR MAN: WAYNE ROONEY

Wazza hit 35 goals last season – if he plays well, United play well

ONE TO WATCH: SHINJI KAGAWA

The Japanese Messi can make defenders look like clowns

SUMMER TRANSFERS

In: Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund, £17m), Nick Powell (Crewe, £4m), Robin van Persie (£24m)

Out: Park Ji-Sung (QPR, £2m), Richie De Laet (Leicester, £1m), Matty James (Leicester, £1m) Paul Pogba (Juventus, TBC), Tomasz Kuszczak (Brighton, free), Michael Owen (released), Fabio (QPR, loan)

STRONGEST LINE-UP

[GK] De Gea

[RB] Rafael

[CB] Vidic

[CB] Ferdinand

[LB] Evra

[CM] Scholes

[CM] Carrick

[RM] Nani

[LM] Young

[AMF] Rooney

[CF] Van Persie 

4-4-1-1

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TOP THREE TWITTER STARS

1 WAYNE ROONEY - 4,755,637 followers

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2 RIO FERDINAND - 3,187,033 followers

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3 NANI - 1,403,869 followers

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RATINGS

DEFENCE: 9

MIDFIELD: 8

ATTACK: 9 

OVERALL: 9

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