Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has hinted that he will rest a host of his Manchester United stars against Leicester City in order to keep them fresh for Thursday’s game with Liverpool.
Having fielded a strong line-up at Aston Villa on Sunday afternoon, Solskjaer is expected to make wholesale changes for tomorrow’s game against Brendan Rodgers’ side.
However, Solskjaer is then expected to recall most of his first-choice stars for the clash against the Reds at Old Trafford 48 hours later.
But many believe Solskjaer's call will raise concerns over the integrity of the Premier League with Leicester and Liverpool among the clubs battling for a top-four spot.
However, Solskjaer has hit back at those claims and believes he has no choice but to use all the resources at his disposal due to the scheduling of his side’s games.
He said: "I wish I could have said let's go full out in all of the games but it’s impossible.
"That’s the hard bit for me, knowing if I do play this XI on Tuesday and then again on Thursday it’s impossible, I run too much of a risk in injuring them.
“Talking about integrity in the league and stuff, don't blame me when I have to make changes because I have to.
“It's not safe for them to play all four so I have to prioritise. I wish I could have said ’let's go full out in all the games’ but it's impossible.
“That's the hard bit for me, knowing if I do play this 11 on Tuesday and then again on Thursday it's impossible. I run too much of a risk in injuring them.”
Before the United boss continued when asked if any youngsters from the club's Academy will form part of his squad: “They're in contention, definitely.
“They're in the first-team squad they're training with us every day, so I would think that some of the young boys will get an appearance definitely.
“If it's coming on towards the end or it's starting I don't know because I don't know how the players will be on Tuesday when we see them.
“We will sit down with the sports scientists on Monday. We can have a theoretical team now but we'll have to see how they react when they come in and then pick a team Tuesday afternoon.”
