Saha facing further injury woe

Louis Saha is facing another spell on the sidelines after picking up a knee injury in France’s 0-0 draw with Poland on Wednesday.

Saha, who was nursed through the end of last season after developing an Achilles complaint and has only just recovered from a knee problem which has restricted his appearances this term, will have a scan to find out the extent of the problem but is unlikely to figure in tomorrow’s encounter with Charlton.

Alex Ferguson – in his 999th game in charge of the Old Trafford outfit - is hopeful Ruud van Nistelrooy will shake off the hip injury which forced him off during the first half of Holland’s World Cup win over Andorra, allowing the striker to take his place in what is likely to be an unchanged starting line-up.

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