Manchester United forward Louis Saha has been placed ahead of Ruud Van Nistelrooy in the United line-up ahead of today's clash with Wigan Athletic

Speculation arose this morning that Manchester United Manager Alex Ferguson would choose Louis Saha over his top Scorer this season with 22 goals Ruud Van Nistelrooy.

It seems this has come true as Van Nistelrooy has been dropped to the bench by the scots man.

Manchester United

Starting

19 Edwin Van der Sar

2 Gary Neville

6 Wes Brown

5 Rio Ferdinand

27 Mikael Silvestre

22 John O`Shea

7 Cristiano Ronaldo

11 Ryan Giggs

13 Ji-sung Park

9 Louis Saha

8 Wayne Rooney

Subs

1 Tim Howard

3 Patrice Evra

15 Nemanja Vidic

23 Kieran Richardson

10 Ruud van Nistelrooy