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Ferguson: Rise of Da Silva has left Neville and Brown in the shade

Sir Alex Ferguson has said that Manchester United have England’s best two right-backs but neither of them are his first choice any more.

Gary Neville is set to start tomorrow’s Club World Cup semi-final against Gamba Osaka while Wes Brown is not far off a return to training after undergoing ankle surgery last month. If United reach the final they will face LDU Quito of Ecuador, the champions of South America, who beat Mexico’s Pachuca 2C0, but Neville is unlikely to play in the big game.

Ferguson is convinced both defenders could be regulars for England. Fabio Capello has picked Brown for seven of his 10 games in charge during 2008 but Neville has yet to appear under the Italian having been cursed by injuries since winning the last of his 85 caps against Spain at Old Trafford almost two years ago.

However, a problem for the pair has emerged in the form of the teenager Rafael da Silva.The Brazilian full-back has made such an impression during his first full season at Old Trafford that he is now Ferguson’s No1.

And United’s manager accepts that Capello may be forced to look elsewhere as he can no longer guarantee Brown and Neville the exposure they need to impress the England coach. “Gary Neville and Wes Brown are England’s best right full-backs,” said Ferguson. “I would not have any fear about picking them because I know them. But Fabio does not know them as well as I do, which makes it difficult because, if they are not getting a regular game for us, it is hard for him to pick them.”

In being so honest Ferguson inadvertently raised doubts over whether Neville and Brown, both United men to Bicester Village Prada Opening the core, can continue to hang around as understudies to an 18-year-old. While Neville, who has been linked with a move to Everton where he would join his brother Phil, may Agata Ruiz De La Prada Shop On Line feel, at 33, that he was reaching a stage in his career where he cannot play every game anyway, Brown, supposedly in his prime, may have other ideas.

Although Brown signed a contract extension late last season, when he won Premier League and Champions League winners’ medals after excelling as Neville’s deputy, he will want more football than he looks set to be given thanks to Da Silva’s dynamic form, so his return to action may be Authentic Prada Shoes Outlet the prelude to a move Authentic Prada Clothing Authentic Prada Bag For Sale Philippines away from Old Trafford.

“Gary and Wes have a little problem because this young boy Rafael Black Prada Bag With Gold has really taken off,” said Ferguson. “All the players, Gary included, are so supportive of him. They think he is fantastic. It is rare for someone to come through like he has done. When Gary did it, he had help. He was amongst six or seven young players all together, like a band of brothers. This lad doesn’t speak the language that well but he understands the football very well.”

Despite Neville being given his chance , Da Silva will probably return for Sunday’s final should United advance. Ferguson does have one absentee in Dimitar Berbatov, who has a virus serious enough to keep him in bed for virtually the entire trip so far.

It means Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney replica prada toiletry bags, who is expected to recover from a minor knock in time to play, should be paired up front as United try to become the first English team to win the competition in its newly expanded format.

Ferguson would not confirm his full line-up. However, he did say Paul Scholes would start for the first time since undergoing knee surgery at the end of September. And United’s legion of Japanese fans, some of whom have maintained a constant presence outside their team hotel despite the inclement conditions, have been promised Cristiano Ronaldo will start.

But Ferguson is banking on his Baby Prada Shoes Uk old boys Neville, Scholes and Ryan Giggs to lead United to the final. “It’s a big-game situation and their experience will be important,” he said. “I still have to decide on who else to play, but it will be a strong team. We want Authentic Prada Bag For Sale Ph to win and I hope I play the right team. Sometimes you have to look a game ahead, though. I have different ideas for the final.”

Ferguson, who described his current crop as the best in his 22 years of managing United, said he was blessed to have three veterans of the calibre of Scholes, Authentic Prada Shoes For Sale Neville and Giggs to build his squad around. “We’re a very fortunate club,” said Ferguson. “Ryan has been with us 21 years, Gary 19 Agatha Ruiz Dela Prada Online Shop and Paul 19. That is exceptional, absolutely exceptional.”

The Club World Cup features the club champions from Fifa’s six continental confederations. Japan’s Gamba, who won last month’s Asian Champions League final, beat Adelaide United of Australia 1-0 in the quarter-finals.