United's injury crisis is so bad that Sir calls up Gill
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Manchester United's injury crisis is so bad that Sir Alex Ferguson calls up rookie Oliver Gill... son of chief executive David
Opportunity: Oliver Gill
Manchester United's injury crisis has become so desperate that the son of chief executive David Gill has been called up for tomorrow's clash with Wolfsburg.
United are without eight senior defenders - Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Wes Brown, Gary Neville, Rafael, Fabio, John O’Shea and Jonny Evans - and have been forced to turn to youth for the Champions League match in Germany.
Included in the squad is OIiver Gill, son of David Gill. The defender, described as 'no-nonsense' by the club, has been registered as a last-minute squad member.
UEFA regulations allow additional players who have been at the club for two years or more. Gill has been with United's academy since the age of 12 and counts Rio Ferdinand as his footballing hero.
'He's the best player in his position in the world and on the few occasions I have been lucky enough to get to talk to him he's been very positive and supportive,' he once said before adding that his relationship with his father will have no bearing on his future in the game.
'Nobody takes any notice of my relationship to my Dad. I've been in the academy for six years and I think most people have simply forgotten. It's just not the way Manchester United do things.'
Young midfielders Cameron Stewart, Matty James, Magnus Eikrem and Oliver Norwood were also on the flight out of Manchester on Monday morning.
Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Dimitar Berbatov and Federico Macheda were all also left behind with one eye on this weekend’s Premier League clash with Aston Villa.
Problems: Sir Alex Ferguson with chief executive David Gill
Ready: Gill at Manchester airport
Manchester United squad: Tomasz Kuszczak, Ben Foster, Patrice Evra, Oliver Gill, Gabriel Obertan, Magnus Eikrem, Paul Scholes, Darron Gibson, Antonio Valencia, Michael Carrick, Matty James, Darren Fletcher, Ji-sung Park, Anderson, Cameron Stewart, Nani, Oliver Norwood, Michael Owen, Danny Welbeck
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no rooney and berbatov and giggs, how to win wolfsburg. I hope its a draw, then united can top the group. I guess the priorities is against villa this weekend. couldnt agree more.
by the way, this kid is a chip off his dad's block lol
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win already lor.. like that also can
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"Daddy invested so much in the club, I'd better get a chance to play!"
