Rooney is due to face a UEFA appeal hearing in Nyon on Thursday in an attempt to reduce the three-match ban that threatens to rule him out of the entire Euro 2012 group phase.
By then, the 26-year-old will know whether he has any further Champions League action ahead of him this term.
After requiring a last-gasp Ashley Young goal to salvage a point at Old Trafford, United have already encountered difficulties overcoming Basle this term.
And they require at least a point at St Jakob Park on Wednesday evening to claim a place in the last 16.However, though he may be experiencing this competition for the first time, Young has been with the Red Devils long enough to know there is no chance of United sitting back to secure the point they so desperately require.
Manchester United squad to face Basle- De Gea, Lindegaard, Amos, Evans, Smalling, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Jones, Fryers, Cole, Fletcher, Young, Valencia, Park, Gibson, Nani, Giggs, Macheda, Rooney, Welbeck, Diouf.
'It would be dangerous to think we only need a draw,' said the former Aston Villa man. 'No-one at this club has that mentality.
'We still have it in our hands to go there and qualify, which was the main target and we will be trying to win.'
Ferguson's plans have not been helped by the continued absences of Brazilian twins Rafael and Fabio, in addition to long-term absentees Tom Cleverley and Michael Owen.
Midfielder Michael Carrick is also missing through suspension.
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