Holland are confident Reds goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar will be fit to face Slovenia in the next bout of Euro 2008 qualifiers on Wednesday.
Van der Sar has been suffering from a calf injury and hasnt played since United beat Lille in the Champions League on 7 March. But Dutch coach Marco van Basten says the 36-year-old keeper is nearing a return, which is good news ahead of the Reds' Premiership clash with Blackburn on Saturday.
"It will become clear over the next couple of days whether Edwin will play. He trained on Saturday, but not with the rest of the players. If we didn't think he had a chance of playing we wouldn't have included him in the squad."
The England squad, including Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney, Michael Carrick and Ben Foster, must improve on their 0-0 draw with Israel when under-fire Steve McClarens side take on Andorra at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona. In third place, they are in desperate need of a positive result.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored twice in Portugals 4-0 thrashing of Belgium, comes face to face with United team-mate Nemanja Vidic in Group A, where Serbia will hope to recover from a 2-1 defeat to Kazakhstan, their first ever competitive win.
Group A leaders Poland, for whom Tomasz Kuszczak is again likely to be on the bench, meet Armenia.
In Group D, Ryan Giggs Wales take on bottom-placed San Marino, while John OShea will be hoping the Republic of Ireland can build on their narrow 1-0 win over the Welsh at the weekend when they
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take on Slovakia.
Northern Ireland rose to second place in Group F with a 4-1 win over Liechtenstein on Saturday, and Jonny Evans, who played the full 90 minutes, is in line to play a part in Wednesday's top-of-the-table clash with Sweden.
