East Asia tour 24-man squad named

Sir Alex Ferguson has named his 24-man squad for the Far East tour of Asia.

Squad
Goalkeepers - Van der Sar, Kuszcak, Heaton
Defenders - Evra, Ferdinand, Brown, Vidic, Silvestre, O'Shea, J.Evans, Bardsley, Simpson
Midfielders - Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Ronaldo, Fletcher, Hargreaves, Nani, Eagles, Gibson, Martin
Strikers - Rooney, Smith.

It will be interesting for the likes of Eagles and Bardsley - who have been promising to break into the first team in the past couple of seasons - to finally prove that they deserve to mix it up with the senior lads for the coming season.

Also, the inclusion of Smith must surely spur on the former Leeds man to fight for his place in the United team sheet when the EPL kicks off in August. With the arrival of Argie ace Carlos Tevez looking increasingly imminent, Smith must surely be realising that unless he proves to the gaffer that he can still figure in the team's plans next season, he'll soon find that he may have to play his football elsewhere or even, as some reports suggest, the Riverside under Gareth Southgate.

The weeks leading up to the start of the campaign looks to have more twist and turns despite us already sealing most of our transfer dealings early on.

TD's tip to leave United: Alan Smith (3/5), Kieran Richardson (4/5), Gabriel Heinze (3/5), Giuseppe Rossi (2/5)