Fergie could be forced to field Heinz

Alex Ferguson could be forced to give Gabriel Heinze his Manchester United debut at Bolton on Saturday even though the Argentinian has not met most of his new team-mates yet.

The defender finally arrived at United’s Carrington training ground earlier this week after infuriating Ferguson and the Old Trafford board by spending most of the last two months on international duty following his £6.9m (€10.1m) switch from Paris St Germain.