Louis Saha will miss Manchester United's Premiership
encounter with Watford after failing to recover from a knee
injury.
Sir Alex Ferguson had hoped the French striker would be available
to face the rock bottom Hornets - but Saha will only return to
training in the morning and has an outside chance of making
Sunday's trip to Tottenham.
Wayne Rooney was due to be among the substitutes but may start
after his two-goal salvo against Portsmouth at the weekend, while
Cristiano Ronaldo returns to the squad after a brief break in
Dubai.
Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster is ineligible for the trip to face
his parent club.
Richard Lee is set to step in as the Premiership's bottom side take
on the leaders at Old Trafford. Striker Darius Henderson missed
training sessions with an ankle problem but should feature and
defender Malky Mackay is expected to shrug off a calf niggle.
Centre-back Danny Shi ttu (ankle) remains a doubt and midfielder
Gavin Mahon is still being troubled by a calf problem so may remain
sidelined.
Teams:
Man United : Van
der Sar, Kuszczak, Neville, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Silvestre,
O'Shea, Evra, Heinze, Park, Fletcher, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs,
Richardson, Ronaldo, Rooney, Larsson, Solskjaer.
Watford : Lee, Chamberlain, Mariappa, Mackay,
DeMerit, Stewart, Smith, Francis, Bangura, McNamee, Bouazza,
Henderson, Powell, Doyley, Kabba, Ashikodi, Shittu, Mahon,
Priskin.
