Rooney scored 34 goals for the Old Trafford outfit last year but has not found the net for club or country since opening the scoring in United's Champions League quarter-final defeat to Bayern Munich in the Allianz Arena.

New signing Javier Hernandez may have to be content with a place on the bench after a midweek trip to Mexico for the friendly draw with Spain.

Team (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, O'Shea, Neville, Rafael, Vidic, Brown, Evans, Smalling, Evra, Fabio, Valencia, Nani, Cleverley, Gibson, Scholes, Carrick, Fletcher, Park, Giggs, Rooney, Owen, Berbatov, Hernandez.