Manchester United captain Roy Keane returns to the squad for the first time since August as his team attempt to extend their winning run to nine matches against Blackburn on Sunday.
The 31-year-old reported no ill-effects from last night's encouraging reserve-team outing and is likely to be handed a substitute's role.
Even though Rio Ferdinand (knee), Nicky Butt (ankle), Quinton Fortune (broken leg) are still out, manager Alex Ferguson still faces a tricky selection dilemma.
Top scorer Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer are fit after niggling injuries ruled them out of the Worthington Cup win over Chelsea on Tuesday.
Diego Forlan looks set to stand down leaving Ferguson to ponder whether Solskjaer or Beckham will start on the right-hand side.
PROVISIONAL SQUAD: Barthez, Ricardo, Carroll, G Neville, Brown, Silvestre, Blanc, O'Shea, Beckham, Solskjaer, P Neville, Veron, Keane, Giggs, van Nistelrooy, Forlan, Richardson, Chadwick.