Utd duo set for welcome returns

Alex Ferguson is ready to welcome Ashley Young and Tom Cleverley back to his Manchester United squad for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League trip to Chelsea.

Young has been missing for six weeks with a knee problem, while Cleverley has not featured since injuring an ankle at Everton in October.

Wayne Rooney (ankle) and Nani (foot) are also back after missing two games, while David De Gea is set to return in goal as United look to record their first Premier League win at Stamford Bridge since 2002. Danish goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard will be sidelined for at least a month with an ankle injury.

Provisional squad: De Gea, Amos, Smalling, Rafael, Ferdinand, Evra, Evans, Fabio, Fryers, Cole, Carrick, Cleverley, Scholes, Pogba, M Keane, Valencia, Park, Giggs, Young, Nani, Rooney, Welbeck, Berbatov, Hernandez.