Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson looks
like having all his key players available for Wednesday night's
Champions League semi-final first leg against Arsenal at Old
Trafford.
Although Gary Neville is out with a foot injury, Wes Brown was
among the first-team squad which trained at Carrington on Tuesday
morning, with Ferguson still to decide which four of the 20
outfield players on duty to leave out.
Brown, who has managed just a couple of substitute appearances
since injuring his foot in October, is likely to be one of those,
although the Scot may consider using the experience of a player who
was part of the side which won the Champions League final against
Chelsea in Moscow last May.
Ferguson also faces a delicate decision up front. Wayne Rooney,
Cristiano Ronaldo and Dimitar Berbatov all scored in the 5-2 win
over Tottenham at the weekend - but it was the half-time
introduction of Carlos Tevez which set the Red Devils on the way to
victory from 2-0 down.
The Argentinian has already expressed his dissatisfaction at the
number of appearances he has made this season but now may be
hopeful of facing the Gunners.
It also seems highly likely John O'Shea will be handed the
right-back berth, his greater experience preferred to Rafael De
Silva, who signed a two-year contract extension on Tuesday.
Arsenal defender Mikael Silvestre (back) hopes to be fit to face
his former club after training on Tuesday. Captain Cesc Fabregas
(ankle/knee) and defender Johan Djourou (knee) also completed the
session but leading scorer Robin van Persie (groin) and left-back
Gael Clichy (back) remain sidelined, while Russian midfielder
Andrey Arshavin is ineligible.
Centre-half William Gallas (knee) and long-term absentee Tomas
Rosicky will miss the rest of the campaign.
Teams
Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Foster,
Kuszczak, O'Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Rafael,
Ronaldo, Nani, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Park,
Berbatov, Rooney, Tevez.
Arsenal (from): Almunia, Sagna, Toure,
Silvestre, Gibbs, Nasri, Song, Denilson, Fabregas, Walcott,
Adebayor, Fabianski, Djourou, Eduardo, Bendtner, Diaby, Vela,
Ramsey, Eboue.
