Spurs will be a handful — Ferguson

MANCHESTER United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is braced for a Spurs onslaught at White Hart Lane tomorrow.

With four wins from as many games, Tottenham are level on points at the top of the Premier League with London rivals Chelsea.

They face their first major test of the season at home to Ferguson’s United side, and the Reds manager knows his players will have to be somewhere near their best if they are to repel Harry Redknapp’s confident outfit.

Ferguson said: "I watched a couple of videos yesterday and they will be a handful for us.

"They have had a good start and Harry has brought in a few of his own type of players, players he's familiar with such as Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe and Niko Kranjcar."

United centre half Rio Ferdinand could make his first competitive appearance of the season.

The England defender has been out since the Community Shield with a thigh injury, but has been in training this week.

John O'Shea is almost certain to be missing after suffering a calf injury on duty with the Republic of Ireland.

Despite it being international week, Ferguson has had an impressive selection of senior players to work with in training.

"We've had a good number of players training here – Ferdinand, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Anderson, Park Ji–Sung and Michael Owen,” he said.

"If the worst came to the worst we would have a reasonable group of players fit."