Amongst the large number of squad changes Sir Alex Ferguson is expected to make for Manchester United’s Carling Cup meeting with West Ham, nobody will be looking forward to the quarter final more than defender Wes Brown. First team appearances are few and far between these days making the veteran eager to get the most of the opportunities he gets before his advancing years catch up. Now past his 31st birthday and with his present contract due to expire at the end of next season, Brown is not sure how much time he has left at Old Trafford. There have even been suggestions that the former England international could be leaving United during one of the next two transfer windows.

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Dimitar Berbatov has become the first foreign player in Premier League history to grab five goals in one game during Manchester United’s 7-1 humbling of Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford. He has joined England internationals Andy Cole, Alan Shearer and Jermain Defoe to achieve that feat. It makes you wonder how some United fans can really believe that Ferguson should get rid of the Bulgarian maestro! Fortunately, Sir Alex has far more sense than that. Watch all the goals on the MOTD coverage by clicking on Berba’s pic.

The odds against Manchester United hitting the net seven times against Blackburn Rovers without star striker Wayne Rooney getting on the scoresheet would have been enormous yet that’s exactly what happened at Old Trafford as Dimitar Berbatov stole the show with a five goal haul. United had threatened to hammer someone all season with a hatful of chances going begging in most of their previous games but it all came together in a sparkling performance which took them to the top of the table for the first time in this campaign.

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