Man. United Register European Squad

United have registered 35 players for this season's Champions League group stages, and it is also positive to note that Owen Hargreaves has been included.

Sir Alex Ferguson's men kick off the new European campaign away to Besiktas on 15 September in Istanbul.

The Reds midfielder isn't due back at the club on 23 September, where it is hoped he will begin the final phase of his recovery tendonitis after surgery on both knees last season.

But it is positive nonetheless that he is being considered for action during the group stages.

Hargreaves has been in America working on his rehabilitation programme over the summer and it would now seem he is nearing the end of a year-long road to recovery.

United's Champions League squad numbers in full are: 1.Van der Sar, 2.Neville, 3.Evra, 4.Hargreaves, 5.Ferdinand, 6.Brown, 7.Owen, 9.Berbatov, 10.Rooney, 11.Giggs, 12.Foster, 13.Park, 15.Vidic, 16.Carrick, 17.Nani, 18.Scholes, 20.Fabio, 21.Rafael, 22.O'Shea, 24.Fletcher, 25.Valencia, 26.Obertan, 27.Macheda, 28.Gibson, 29.Kuszczak.

Additional players registered*: 8.Anderson, 19.Welbeck, 23.J.Evans, 31.C.Evans, 33.Hewson, 36.Gray, 37.Cathcart, 38.Zieler, 39.Chester, 40.Amos.

*UEFA rules permit any player born on or after 1 January 1988 who has been eligible to play for the club for any uninterrupted period of two years since his 15th birthday to be registered outside of the 25-man squad limit.