Manchester United centre half Rio Ferdinand could be fit for the trip to London to take on Spurs on Saturday after Sir Alex Ferguson claimed he had a ‘chance’ of making the squad. Ferdinand has been out for nearly a month after injuring a thigh muscle in training for United – with young Evans deputising for the experienced defender.
United’s last trip to Tottenham came in December 2008 and ended in a dire 0-0 draw. Ferdinand didn’t play too many games for United after that due to a number of injuries and was only used sparingly. Ferguson will be hoping to reunited Vidic and Ferdinand over the weekend – who have become one of the most feared defensive partnerships in world football. Fergie was quoted as saying:
“Rio has a chance for Saturday. 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… also young Fabio and Michael Owen. So we have a decent squad. In fact, it’s unusual to have that many players here during the international break.”
Ferdinand’s only serious action this season came against Chelsea in the Community Shield in early August and turned out for England a few days later – both games finished 2-2. Tottenham are without Luka Modric who broke his leg against Birmingham City. Niko Kranjcar could also make his debut after signing on transfer deadline day from Portsmouth. United’s squad for the trip to London is below:
Foster, Kuszczak, Neville, Ferdinand, De Laet, Brown, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Nani, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Park, Tosic, Valencia, Owen, Rooney, Berbatov, Macheda.
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