Owen Hargreaves is out for the rest of the season after undergoing a surgery on his right knee. Manchester United have been without Hargreaves for two months and now pressure rises on Paul Scholes to return to the first team. Ironically Scholes is also out with a knee injury.

Sir Alex Ferguson wants to compete on several fronts and his side will go through many challenges in the few next months if they are to keep up with Chelsea and Liverpool at the top.

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Simultaneously Cristiano Ronaldo is trying to negotiate a salary increase to make him one of the best paid footballers of the world. Ronaldo himself thinks he deserves a pay rise, especially since scoring 42 goals in all competitions last year.