Could the United and England captain be set for some splinters from the benchRoss Barkley - EvertonT. You cannot win multiple trophies with 11 players, you need a squad. But the former midfielder, who made 328 appearances in his nine years there as a player,?has defended the Frenchman. He said: “I did back then, but I was at a charity golf day hosted by Sir Alex recently and he made a point of coming up to talk to me. The Real Madrid defender, 30, was linked with a move to Old Trafford?before signing a new five-year contract to stay at the Bernabeu. Here, SunSport takes a look at seven players who could be set for an early axe for the weekends games. The former defender and manager of the club hit out at the new ground and criticised its lack of atmosphere. Slowly, you can see our defensive ones are getting better and also our offensive ones - we are nicking some goals. The Toffees fell to a 2-0 home defeat to Championship outfit Norwich City. He said: He could go into Chelsea‘s team now, no doubt about that.