Manchester United must be punished if they field weakened team against Blackpool, says Wolves chairman

Wolves were given a £25,000 suspended fine in February 2010 after Mick McCarthy rested 10 first-team regulars for a game he did not expect to win at Old Trafford. Wolves lost 3-0 and nine of the players were promptly recalled for the next fixture, against relegation rivals Burnley, which Wolves won. A precedent having been set, Morgan said he expected Manchester United to be fined if Sir Alex Ferguson rested Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs and Nemanja Vidic against Blackpool, who are fighting with Wolves, Wigan and Birmingham to avoid following West Ham down.

“It would be pretty hypocritical if they weren’t fined,’’ said Morgan, although he stressed his admiration for United. “United put out a second string XI against Schalke and it didn’t do Schalke much good.”"United are a very professional club and they’re not going to want to lose on the last day of the season, the day they get presented with the Premier League trophy. They might put their full XI out. Chances are they probably won’t.”Blackpool manager Ian Holloway, however, says it would be insulting to Blackpool for the FA to charge United.

Holloway said: “It’s pretty annoying to think United might be fined if they make a load of changes and we beat them. People are saying we cannot beat them, and I just can’t see that. It is massively disrespectful to us. "The suggestion is that they should always beat us, because we’re supposed to be crap. Don’t try telling me that.