Manchester United have announced their preliminary 25-man squad for this season's Champions League campaign.
Sir Alex Ferguson has included midfielder Darren Fletcher in the roster despite the Scotland international battling a chronic bowel condition.
United have lodged a squad of 33 players total which includes eight 'B-List' players alongside the first-choice list of 25.
United have been drawn alongside Turkish club Galatasaray, Portuguese outfit Sporting Braga and Romanians CFR Cluj in Group H with their first fixture against the Turks on September 19.
Manchester United squad for 2012/13 Champions League - *Denotes B-List
Goalkeepers
David De Gea Anders Lindegaard Sam Johnstone*
Defenders
Rafael Patrice Evra Phil Jones Rio Ferdinand Jonny Evans Chris Smalling Nemanja Vidic Alexander Buttner Marnick Vermijl* Michael Keane*
Midfielders
Antonio Valencia Anderson Ryan Giggs Michael Carrick Nani Ashley Young Paul Scholes Tom Cleverley Darren Fletcher Nick Powell Larnell Cole* Jesse Lingard* Ryan Tunnicliffe*
Forwards
Wayne Rooney Javier HernandezDanny WelbeckRobin van PersieShinji KagawaFederico Macheda* Joshua King*
