Beckham injury doubt for Reds

Manchester United's stand-in skipper David Beckham faces a late test on the ankle injury he picked up on England duty on Wednesday but should recover in time to for tomorrow’s trip to Fulham.

Of more concern to manager Sir Alex Ferguson will be the hamstring injury which ruled Ruud van Nistelrooy out of Holland’s visit to Austria.

Diego Forlan grabbed his fifth goal in two reserve team outings with the opening strike against Birmingham last night and stands by, while John O’Shea is set to continue in central defence in the absence of Rio Ferdinand, who is recovering from a knee operation.

Roy Keane (hip) and Wes Brown (ankle) are both still missing.

PROVISIONAL SQUAD: Barthez, Ricardo, G Neville, P Neville, Blanc, O’Shea, Silvestre, Pugh, Tierney, Beckham, Butt, Scholes, Veron, Giggs, Fortune, Chadwick, Stewart, Van Nistelrooy, Solskjaer, Forlan.