Fitness test for Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand faces a fitness test on a back injury before Alex Ferguson finalises his Manchester United squad to face Aston Villa tomorrow.

Dimitar Berbatov (hamstring) and Wes Brown (ankle) join long-term knee injury victims Paul Scholes and Owen Hargreaves on the sidelines, with Wayne Rooney expected to recover from a calf strain which kept him out of England’s midweek win in Germany.