Giggs and Fletcher miss out for United

Ryan Giggs and Darren Fletcher are Manchester United’s only major absentees for the visit to Norwich.

Giggs pulled a hamstring in last weekend’s 0-0 draw with Blackburn, while Fletcher is due to start training again next week after suffering a knee injury in the Manchester derby win at Eastlands two months ago.

Louis Saha is back in the squad following his reserve-team outing in midweek and could replace Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has failed to score in six games since returning from a long-term Achilles injury.

Skipper Roy Keane may not be risked as a booking at Carrow Road will rule him out of next week’s FA Cup semi-final.

Team (from): Howard, Carroll, G Neville, P Neville, Brown, Ferdinand, Silvestre, Heinze, O’Shea, Fortune, Ronaldo, Keane, Scholes, van Nistelrooy, Rooney, Saha, Smith, Kleberson, Bellion.