Alex Ferguson expects £28.1 million Juan Sebastian Veron to be fit to face Real Madrid in tomorrow's Old Trafford Champions League showdown.
The Argentine midfielder has not played since picking up a knee ligament injury in the win over Leeds on March 5th but after intensive treatment in Italy last week should be available to replace suspended Paul Scholes.
Full-back Gary Neville is also banned but might not have featured anyway with brother Phil expected to keep the left-back role if John O'Shea fails to recover from the knee injury which kept him out of Saturday's win over Blackburn.
Fabien Barthez was forced off at half-time during that encounter after picking up a thigh muscle injury and is rated a doubt, while Nicky Butt should shrug off a minor leg knock as United look to overturn a 3-1 first-leg deficit against the nine-time European Cup winners and current holders.
Provisional Squad: Barthez, Ricardo, Carroll, Brown, Ferdinand, Blanc, Silvestre, P Neville, O'Shea, Beckham, Veron, Butt, Keane, Giggs, Van Nistelrooy, Solskjaer, Forlan, Fortune, Roche, May, Pugh, Fletcher, Stewart.