Source: SKY_Sports
Tottenham v Man Utd preview
Tottenham and Manchester United will be hastily assessing the fitness of their international stars ahead of their meeting at White Hart Lane on Saturday.
The international break means that both clubs would only have welcomed back some of their squad as late as Friday after their long-haul exertions for their respective countries.
United winger Antonio Valencia helped Ecuador to a 3-1 win in Bolivia on Wednesday, while Park Ji-Sung has just returned from Seoul after playing in a friendly for South Korea against Australia last week.
Meanwhile, Spurs duo Wilson Palacios and Giovani Dos Santos faced each other when Honduras and Mexico came head-to-head in Mexico City in midweek, while full-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto was in Africa with Cameroon.
Both managers will be cursing their luck that such a big game has fallen at such an unfortunate time in the football calendar, but both squads have enough quality to plug the gaps if necessary.
Spurs have begun the season in spectacular fashion, winning all four of their opening four games and sitting pretty in second with just goal difference keeping them behind Chelsea.
Reknapp's men have already beaten United's title rivals Liverpool at home on the opening day of the season and confidence is high in the Tottenham camp having scored 11 Premier League goals so far this term.
Notable absence
One negative for Spurs will be the notable absence of Luka Modric after he suffered a broken leg against Birmingham last time out.
The little Croatian is not expected back until the end of October, so pressure will be on Aaron Lennon to continue his flying start to the season down the right flank.
The 22-year-old is one of the only widemen to consistently trouble Red Devils left-back Patrice Evra and Redknapp will be asking the England international to run at the defender for the whole 90 minutes.
Redknapp could also be boosted by the return of defenders Sebastian Bassong (knee) and Ledley King (groin), while Michael Dawson (Achilles), Gareth Bale (knee) and midfielder Jermaine Jenas (calf) could also return from their respective lay-offs.
However, Jonathan Woodgate (groin) is expected to need another week of rest before he can be considered for first-team action.
Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes (thigh) is close to a full recovery as Redknapp begins to get the bulk of his squad back fit.
Niko Kranjcar is in line to make his Spurs debut and come in for the injured Modric after signing from Portsmouth last week.
Rio return
The champions could welcome Rio Ferdinand (thigh) back into the side after the defender came back sooner than expected.
However, John O'Shea is very doubtful after he returned from international duty with Republic of Ireland with a calf complaint.
Brazilian youngster Rafael is close to a comeback from shoulder surgery but he is unlikely to be risked, so either Wes Brown, who shrugged off a knock in England training this week, or Gary Neville should start at full-back.
Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar (thumb), Gabriel Obertan (back) and Owen Hargreaves (knee) are all long-term casualties and are not expected back until October at the earliest.
Probable starting XIs
Tottenham: Cudicini, Corluka, King, Bassong, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Palacios, Huddlestone, Kranjcar, Keane, Defoe.
Man Utd: Foster, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Park, Fletcher, Carrick, Nani, Berbatov, Rooney.
