Old Trafford, Manchester
Tuesday 28th January 2014 – KO 8:4pm
Referee: Craig Pawson, Assistants: D Cann and M McDonough, Fourth Official: H Webb
Manchester United face Cardiff City at
Old Trafford on Tuesday evening. Two things make this a special evening
for the sell out crowd. One is for the return of former striker Ole
Gunnar Solskjær, who will visit Old Trafford for the first time as the
opposition manager. The second reason is that is could be the debut of
new club record signing Juan Mata, who completed his move from Chelsea
on Saturday evening for a confirmed fee of £37.1 million, over £7
million more than the previous club record, Dimitar Berbatov who signed
for £30.75 million from Tottenham Hotspur in 2008.
United were knocked out of the Capital
One Cup at the hands of Gus Poyet’s Sunderland on penalties on Wednesday
evening, which was a let down as United could have had a morale
boosting trip to Wembley for the League Cup final against rivals
Manchester City, but you cannot have it all. The rumours surrounding the
transfer of Juan Mata began to take pace from Thursday, with a
confirmation by the Old Trafford club on Friday evening. The signing of
Mata and the plans of David Moyes for the future of the club could also
result in Wayne Rooney signing a new contract, which would be another
morale boost for the club.
United could have Wayne Rooney, Robin
van Persie, Juan Mata and Adnan Januzaj up against Cardiff City on
Tuesday evening, which would be enough to cause any Barclays Premier
League defence problems during the 90 minutes, but there is a chance
that both Rooney and van Persie will not play due to their respective
injuries. David Moyes seems to have also lost Michael Carrick due to
injury, with his latest injury caused against Sunderland midweek. Rio
Ferdinand, Marouane Fellaini and Nani are also on the sidelines and
doubts for this match.
Ole Gunnar Solskjær only has one player
on the sidelines through injury, Andrew Taylor. The former United
striker has done some good business already during this transfer window
signing former United youth players Magnus Wolff Eikrem and Mats Møller
Dæhli, also adding Jo Inge Berget. Today added three more players to his
squad (which are yet to be confirmed), former United defender Fabio da
Silva, who will join on a permanent deal, Wilfried Zaha who will join
the club on loan for the remainder of the season from United and Kenwyne
Jones, who was swapped with Stoke City for Peter Odemwingie,
and Solskjær is not finished there.
I cant miss this game for anything.
