Striking options for Ferguson

Alex Ferguson will have his four big-name strikers available for the first time in the Barclays Premiership game at Birmingham tomorrow.

Louis Saha has come through two reserve team outings during the international break without suffering a recurrence to his knee injury and is part of the squad which will travel to St Andrews.

Paul Scholes could also return after his recent groin problem and Ferguson has no injury concerns from the 18 men who spent the last week on international duty.

Provisional squad: Carroll, Howard, Ricardo, G Neville, P Neville, Heinze, Ferdinand, Brown, Silvestre, Keane, O’Shea, Ronaldo, Djemba-Djemba, Kleberson, Bellion, Fletcher, Giggs, Scholes, Smith, van Nistelrooy, Rooney, Saha.