Anderson may return from an ankle injury in time to feature in next weekend's Carling Cup final against Tottenham.
The
Brazilian midfielder had been out since being stretchered off at the
end of the Reds' semi-final, second leg win over Derby County, but he
is now eyeing a return to action.
"Anderson is back training,"
Sir Alex Ferguson told his pre-Blackburn press conference. "He started
training today with the first team and he could be ready for the League
Cup final on Sunday [1 March]."
Blackburn's visit to Old
Trafford and a tricky trip to face Internazionale in the San Siro await
United before next weekend's trip to Wembley, and Sir Alex admits he is
going to have to rotate his squad in order to keep in the hunt for
every competition.
"We are picking different teams, and we’ll
have a different team tomorrow, Tuesday and Sunday," he said. "In the
Sunday game I can say that the young ones who’ve played in the
competition all along will play, I’m not changing my mind on that one."