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Ferdinand could face Spurs

10 Sep 2009 - 12:33:32

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Sir Alex Ferguson has hinted that Rio Ferdinand could make a shock return to the Manchester United team for Saturday's crunch clash with Tottenham Hotspur.

The 30-year-old England international has been sidelined since suffering a thigh injury last month and has only featured in one match so far this season, the Community Shield defeat to Chelsea.

"Rio has a chance for Saturday," confirmed Ferguson. "I'm not sure it's a big chance but he has a chance.

"We've had a good group of players training here at Carrington while the internationals have been going on - Ferdinand, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Anderson, Ji-sung Park as well as young Fabio (Da Silva) and Michael Owen.

"So we have a decent squad. In fact, it's unusual to have that many players here (during the international break)."

Of the weekend clash at White Hart Lane, the veteran Scot added: "I watched a couple of videos yesterday and they'll be a handful for us. But that's the nature of the Premier League. Hopefully I can pick the right team and get a good result.

"I think Tottenham can break into the top-four. Harry (Redknapp)'s brought in a few of his own type of players, players he's familiar with like Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe.

"He's now got Nico Kranjcar as well from Portsmouth and Wilson Palacios from Wigan, who was a good signing and brought some steel into the midfield.

"They've really started well this season there's a good degree of experience there.

"I think Tottenham definitely have a realistic chance of breaking into the top-four. Them and (Manchester) City are ahead of the rest, I think then it's Everton and Aston Villa."