Forever United

Manchester United will start its title defense against Newcastle United tomorrow at Old Trafford. In the previous season United scored a massive 11 goals against Newcastle of which 5 were from Ronaldo. Now that he is injured and wont be available for next couple of months, a lot will depend on Tevez(who looks exceptionally fit n fresh) and Rooney(who has recovered from the "mysterious virus").

Sir Alex Ferguson has also told the press that there could be a surprise for them in a couple of days when was asked about the BERBATOV deal for the umpteenth time. Whether or not Berba will be playing for United this sunday is not yet decided but reports have come that he has given Spurs a request for transfer. Spurs would not want a player who wants to play elsewhere so the deal is likely to go through.

Well back to the game then, Newcastle will mostly be without the services of Micheal Owen who has still not recovered from mumps and also has a calf strain. Keegan's problems are exacerbated by Jonas Gutiérrez still not being registered for the Premier League. The Argentinian winger's former club Real Mallorca are refusing to release his registration documents.The Argentinian Fabricio Coloccini was also still to complete his £10m move.

But one player who is almost certain to play tomorrow is Wayne Rooney who has made a rapid recovery from the stomach virus he picked up when United played a pre-season friendly in Nigeria.