West Ham United co-owner David Gold hopes Manchester United field their shadow team in tonight's Carling Cup quarterfinal.
Gold has jokingly urged Sir Alex Ferguson to REST Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney to allow the east Londoners to go on a Cup run.
Gold said: "I think that United should rest Berbatov. And I would rest Rooney. I don't think there is any need to risk them."
"But I don't really mind if they come here with a full team as I still think that if they come here on a cup night... it is not so much the team that they play but the will on the pitch. You can put out your best team and you can be playing in a friendly and it depends on how they treat the match.
"We will treat it as very important. The players will be relaxed and better feeling, having won at long last. We have every chance to beat Manchester United."
