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Manchester Utd v Charlton Ath team news

Wayne Rooney is expected to line out at Old Trafford tomorrow
Wayne Rooney is expected to line out at Old Trafford tomorrow

Wayne Rooney has been passed fit for Manchester United's Barclays Premiership clash with Charlton at Old Trafford.

Rooney missed England's midweek defeat to Spain with a hip injury but came through training yesterday and should be in Alex Ferguson's starting XI.

Goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak will also start as Edwin van der Sar has been ruled out with a broken nose.

John O'Shea (ankle) is also out, while Michael Carrick (groin) and Cristiano Ronaldo (heavy cold) are both minor doubts.

Charlton manager Alan Pardew will not risk striker Darren Bent.

The England international has recently resumed training after a knee injury but is not ready for a first team return, so Marcus Bent is expected to continue in a lone striker role.

Luke Young (knee), Herman Hreidarsson (knee), Andy Reid (hamstring) and Talal El Karkouri (suspended) are also ruled out, but Pardew will hand debuts to two of his new signings, Alexandre Song and Madjid Bougherra.

Manchester United squad: Kuszczak, Heaton, Neville, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Silvestre, Evra, Heinze, Ronaldo, Park, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Fletcher, Richardson, Rooney, Saha, Larsson, Solskjaer.

Charlton Athletic squad (provisional): Carson, Sankofa, Bougherra, Song, Thatcher, Rommedahl, Kishishev, Faye, Diawara, Holland, Hughes, Thomas, Hasselbaink, M Bent, Ambrose, Myhre.

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