United have 12 players on the injury list and will be resting Ryan Giggs for the game, so youngsters have had to be drafted into the side as youngsters who have spent two years with a club academy can be added to the original list of 25 players United must supply to UEFA at the start of the competition.
Sir said: ‘‘It doesn’t concern me. If he is good enough, he plays,’’ said Ferguson.
‘‘That is the name of the game at Manchester United. I had my own son in the squad for four or five years and he was treated exactly the same as any other member of the squad. It will be the same for Oliver.’’