Sir Alex Ferguson has said that he expects to have Paul Scholes available for selection when United play in THE Fifa Club World Cup next month.

Scholes has been sidelined with medial ligament damage he sustained during the Champions League tie against Aalborg in September but his rehabilitation is said to be going well and Fergie is hoping he will be ready for the Club World Club in Japan in December.

"We are pencilling Paul in for the week before the Japan trip," Fergie told the Manchester Evening News.

"He is doing very well and kicking the ball and doing straight running."