Manchester United coach, Alex Ferguson, is clearly having a great deal of headaches lately. With all the "Ruud Van Nistelrooy hysteria", the Scottish tactician had little time to focus on his squad. More, the media accused him of having a bad relationship with the Dutchman. The United game against Celtic saw the Dutch striker fuming, since he didn't play one minute. Sir Alex Ferguson preferred to play young inexperienced players, instead of rightful starters.

And that seemed to have made a lot of Manchester United players wanting for more. When talking about Wayne Rooney, the Englishman is looking for his first match after the World Cup disaster. His sent-off in the quarterfinals of the competition was the last he has seen of referees in the past month. And he is more than eager to get back on that field.

Still, Ferguson is asking for patience from his players, since he has a lot of new players to test. And the Celtic friendly was just the time to see them in the devils' shirts. More, he will now have to give a newly signed Carrick a chance to play in Man U's offensive line. Ruud's leaving for Real Madrid this morning made the "red devils" focus on bringing the Tottenham striker for 6 million euros more than they got on the Dutchman. As far as Rooney is concerned, his position inside the squad in untouchable.

The English striker pressures Ferguson in starting the squad as soon as possible. "Rooney is gasping for a game. He is pestering the bloody life out of me, so I will most probably play him against Macclesfield. Edwin van der Sar is also looking for a game; we'll look at the situation", said Alex Ferguson on Thursday.

For the time being, Manchester United has 5 strikers to depend on for their new season: Rooney, Saha, Carrick, Rossi and Solskjaer. Among those, only Rooney is a true outstanding player, while the others will be fighting for a place in the team. The team's next friendly - 2nd League Macclesfield - will probably give the Man U fans the chance to see the next standard squad for the next season.