Keane to return to United team

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson will have skipper Roy Keane back for tomorrow’s lunchtime visit of Liverpool – but midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron again misses out.

Keane returns after five games out with a hamstring injury, while Veron has not played since picking up a knee injury in the Barclaycard Premiership clash with Leeds on March 5.

Ferguson will hope his squad have returned from their various international commitments without injury as they face a run of games including Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle and Arsenal.

Provisional squad: Barthez, Carroll, Ricardo, G Neville, Brown, Ferdinand, Silvestre, O’Shea, Beckham, P Neville, Scholes, Butt, Keane, Giggs, van Nistelrooy, Solskjaer, Forlan, Roche, Richardson, Pugh, Fletcher.