Your Champions League preview (a week early, and without much insight)

If he hits the right striker by "accident" he could be starting again

Rumor has it that the 30 million dollar man, Dimitar Berbatov, won't be starting for Man U in thier champions league final matchup with Barcelona. If true, I can't say it's a big surprise. The Red Devils looked awfully good in the semi-final against arsenal when they played Ronaldo at the top of the line-up and had Wayne Rooney play behind him as a sort of withdrawn striker.

We all know that Sir Alex has serious man love for Park and Giggs. After last years final against Chelsea he said that his biggest regret going away from that game was that he left Park out of the line-up. So, If the spanish press is to believed (yes I know you can't), This year he's going to make up for sitting Park in favor of Giggs last year by playing both men. By moving Ronaldo off the wing and pushing him up to striker he can play Giggs and Park on the outside and still have midfield space for two holding mids in Carrick and Anderson. Let's face it, it might not be Ronaldo's natural position but does anyone doubt his ability to finish at the top of the box?

I guess the surprise here is that Berba has pretty much played himself off the first team. Or is this just a case of Sir Alex picking the line-up best suited for beating Barcelona? In the semis Chelsea proved that if you pack it in and play them really physical it's possible to knock Barca off their game. Personally I would love to see a battle of lazy goal poachers between Berbatov and Thierry Henry. Anything that would save us from the slow, tight possession sort of physical games most finals turn into.