Source: Eurosport
Ferdinand poised to return
Rio Ferdinand could make his first competitive appearance of the season for Manchester United at Tottenham on Saturday.
The England defender has been out since the Community Shield with a thigh injury but has been in training this week.
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said: "Rio has been in training this week and has a got a chance for Tottenham, I'm not sure how big a chance but he has got a chance."
John O'Shea is almost certain to be missing after suffering a calf injury on duty with the Republic of Ireland. But Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni's worries that the defender could be ruled out for a couple of months seem to be unwarranted.
Despite it being international week, Ferguson has had an impressive selection of senior players to work with in training.
"We've had a good number of players training here - Ferdinand,
Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Anderson, Park Ji-Sung and also young Fabio and Michael Owen.
"If the worst came to the worst we would have a reasonable group of players fit."
Tottenham have won four games out of four and are just above United in the Premier League table, behind Chelsea on goal difference.
Ferguson added: "I watched a couple of videos yesterday and they will be a handful for us.
"They have had a good start and Harry has brought in a few of his own type of players, players he's familiar with such as Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe and now Niko Kranjcar as well."
