Sir Alex Ferguson says Wayne Rooney is fit for
Manchester United's clash with Newcastle - but has refused to
comment about Dimitar Berbatov.
Rooney missed the last two weeks of pre-season after
picking up a virus on the club's tour of Africa.
However, the England forward has been training all of this week,
with Ferguson confirming that Rooney will be part of his plans to
face the Magpies.
"Wayne is fit to play on Sunday," said Ferguson.
"He has trained all week. We took him down to the Community
Shield last Sunday and he did some work for us then.
"From them on he has been progressing really well."
Ferguson was less firm about Spurs striker Berbatov's proposed
move to Old Trafford and the chances of him being involved against
Newcastle, even though rumours are circulating United's Carrington
training HQ that a deal for the Bulgarian is almost complete.
It is thought Berbatov was not at Tottenham on Friday morning
and has instead arrived in Manchester for a medical.
However, there has been no official word from the club and
Ferguson is not entering the debate either.
"I have nothing to say, absolutely nothing at all," he said.
Ferguson did confirm that Owen Hargreaves, Park Ji-Sung and
Louis Saha would not face Kevin Keegan's side, while Nani is
suspended and Anderson is on Olympic duty with Brazil.