Sir Alex Ferguson says Wayne Rooney is fit for Manchester United's clash with Newcastle - but has refused to comment about Dimitar Berbatov.
Rooney missed the last two weeks of pre-season after picking up a virus on the club's tour of Africa.
However, the England forward has been training all of this week, with Ferguson confirming that Rooney will be part of his plans to face the Magpies.
"Wayne is fit to play on Sunday," said Ferguson.
"He has trained all week. We took him down to the Community Shield last Sunday and he did some work for us then.
"From them on he has been progressing really well."
Ferguson was less firm about Spurs striker Berbatov's proposed move to Old Trafford and the chances of him being involved against Newcastle, even though rumours are circulating United's Carrington training HQ that a deal for the Bulgarian is almost complete.
It is thought Berbatov was not at Tottenham on Friday morning and has instead arrived in Manchester for a medical.
However, there has been no official word from the club and Ferguson is not entering the debate either.
"I have nothing to say, absolutely nothing at all," he said.
Ferguson did confirm that Owen Hargreaves, Park Ji-Sung and Louis Saha would not face Kevin Keegan's side, while Nani is suspended and Anderson is on Olympic duty with Brazil.
i think we shldn be held ransom by spurs like this.. pfft lets move on.. berba aint no world player of the yr..