Ferguson has key ammunition

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson looks like having all his key players available for tomorrow’s Champions League semi-final first leg against Arsenal at Old Trafford.

Although Gary Neville is out with a foot injury, Wes Brown was among the first-team squad which trained at Carrington this morning, with Ferguson still to decide which four of the 20 outfield players on duty to leave out.

Brown, who has managed just a couple of substitute appearances since injuring his foot in October, is likely to be one of those, although the Scot may consider using the experience of a player who was part of the side which won the Champions League final against Chelsea in Moscow last May.

Ferguson also faces a delicate decision up front.

Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Dimitar Berbatov all scored in the 5-2 win over Tottenham at the weekend – but it was the half-time introduction of Carlos Tevez which set the Red Devils on the way to victory from 2-0 down.

The Argentinian has already expressed his dissatisfaction at the number of appearances he has made this season but now may be hopeful of facing the Gunners.

It also seems highly likely John O’Shea will be handed the right-back berth, his greater experience preferred to Rafael De Silva, who signed a two-year contract extension yesterday.

Provisional squad: Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak, O’Shea, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Rafael, Ronaldo, Nani, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Park, Berbatov, Rooney, Tevez.