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Bizarre Platini demands upset Man Utd preparations

UEFA president Michel Platini is rumbling Manchester United hopes of a smooth post-match ceremony.

The Daily Mail says Platini's bizarre insistence that a club dignitary leads the Champions League finalists up the Wembley steps to collect their medals has left Manchester United with a dilemma.

Platini still wants a non-player heading the medal ceremony line-up despite the ridicule Peter Kenyon attracted when he was at the front of the Chelsea team when they were runners-up in Moscow in 2008.

United icon Sir Bobby Charlton is the obvious choice to do the honours when the two clubs have to name their selection at a final meeting.

But Sir Bobby was plainly uncomfortable with his non-playing lead role in Moscow. And there is the added problem of a relatively frail 73-year-old having to climb the 107 Wembley steps in quick time.

Other alternatives being considered by United are former captain Bryan Robson and latest ambassador Gary Neville.

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