Manchester United have named midfielder Owen Hargreaves in their extended Champions League squad.

Hargreaves is not due back at United's Carrington training complex until September 23 to step up his rehabilitation work after undergoing operations on both knees to cure a career-threatening tendinitis problem.

By that time, United will have already started their quest to reach a third successive Champions League final against Besiktas in Istanbul.

In theory, Hargreaves would be available for the home encounter with German champions Wolfsburg on September 30.

More likely though, the former Bayern Munich star will come into contention later in a group that also contains CSKA Moscow.

In total, United have registered 35 players for the competition, a number swelled by 10, including Anderson and Jonny Evans, who were born after January 1, 1988 and have spent two years at the club.