Sir Alex Ferguson and the boys have landed in Tokyo ahead of their Thursday night FIFA Club World Cup match against home grown AFC Champions League winners Gamba Osaka.

Via DailyMail

‘It would be so easy to use the travelling as an excuse but we don’t want to contemplate that,’ said the Republic of Ireland defender John O’Shea. ‘Obviously there will be jet-lag but that will be out of our bodies after a few days.

‘We have to be on our guard because it is an opportunity for the other teams to collect a major scalp. But this is our reward for winning the Champions League final in Moscow. We have to try and take advantage of that.’

‘You can just imagine how big this will be given the support we have in Japan,’ said O’Shea. ‘The atmosphere will be electric. Osaka might be the home team on Thursday but they could be outnumbered by United fans.’

Past history suggests O’Shea’s assessment is spot on, particularly as Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney have made the trip.

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