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Tottenham defender Danny Rose could make a return to Mauricio Pochettino's side.

Rose has recovered from a rib injury and could replace Ben Davies at left-back, but Vlad Chiriches and Kyle Naughton are both doubtful with knocks.

Emmanuel Adebayor is still recovering from a virus and is not considered ready while Kyle Walker is expected to play for the club's under-21 team after returning from an abdominal injury.

Provisional squad: Lloris, Vorm, Dier, Chiriches, Naughton, Vertonghen, Fazio, Kaboul, Rose, Davies, Bentaleb, Mason, Capoue, Dembele, Paulinho, Lennon, Lamela, Chadli, Eriksen, Soldado, Kane.

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Wayne Rooney will be fit to face Southampton on Monday, Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has confirmed.

Captain Rooney had a scan on Thursday to examine a possible knee problem but has been given the all-clear. However record signing Angel Di Maria will not be ready to return from his hamstring injury in time for the trip to the south coast.

Luke Shaw (ankle), Jonny Evans (ankle), Rafael (groin), Daley Blind (knee) and Phil Jones (calf) are all expected to miss out.

Provisional squad: De Gea, Lindegaard, Amos, Vermijl, Rojo, Smalling, Blackett, Thorpe, McNair, Pereira, Fletcher, Valencia, Lingard, Fellaini, Anderson, Carrick, Young, Herrera, Mata, Januzaj, Falcao, Rooney, Van Persie, W Keane.

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Louis van Gaal on the success Southampton have enjoyed despite a summer of departures: "Do you know how many players we lost?

"We have lost more players, but Ronald Koeman is a very good coach and I know that he can do it.

"It's also surprising a club like Southampton is in that position now but that's down to the coach, players and staff."

Ronnie O'Sullivan has celebrated his birthday by doing what he does best, winning snooker matches.

O'Sullivan, who turned 39 on Friday, has beaten Scotland's Anthony McGill 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the UK Championship in York.

Louis van Gaal on facing his fellow Dutchman Ronald Koeman on the touchline on Monday: "My relationship with Ronald Koeman doesn't have to be described, that's private.

"We play against Southampton and we should talk about the team rather than the coach.

"After the game, we can reflect on the relationship I have."

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal on reports he is going to spend big in January on new players: "I think it is disgusting always writing about numbers.

"I don't think that Ed Woodward or I have said anything about it.

"It's disrespectful to my players and I don't like talking about it.

"I have to work with the selection I have."

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Stepping away from Old Trafford briefly and over to Italy where Sampdoria coach Sinisa Mihajlovic has been suspended for two matches following his actions at the end of an Italian Cup game on Wednesday.

Mihajlovic was sent off minutes from the end of Wednesday's 2-0 win over Brescia and has been punished for 'using a disrespectful expression toward the fourth official' and 'throwing the contents of a bottle of water at him, thus assuming an intimidating attitude.'

He will miss the next match against Inter Milan and would also be banned if Sampdoria progresses to the quarter-finals against either Napoli or Udinese.

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Louis van Gaal also tells MUTV that defender Jonny Evans is ready to return to first team action while fellow defender Phil Jones is getting closer to a comeback.

A quick update from the UK Championship snooker at the York Barbican.

Ronnie O'Sullivan and Graeme Dott are both a frame each away from reaching the semi-finals.

O'Sullivan leads Anthony McGill 5-3 in the best of 11 frames contest while Dott has the same scoreline in his match with Stuart Bingham.

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More on the news that Hull, who played in the Europa League qualifying rounds, are under investigation by Uefa for possible breaches of finanacial fair play (FFP) rules.

The club is among several who have had formal investigations into their finances opened by UEFA's club financial control body (CFCB). The clubs involved will have to submit further information to the CFCB but face no immediate sanctions.

In September, Liverpool were one of seven clubs who had investigations for possible breaches opened against them.

Uefa's rules dictate that losses must be restricted to £35.4m over a two-year window.

Louis van Gaal has told MUTV that striker and captain Wayne Rooney is fit to face Southampton but winger Angel Di Maria misses out.

More to come soon.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal is speaking to reporters at the club's Carrington training ground.

We'll have some injury news from the club shortly.

Hull are under investigation by Uefa for possible breaches of financial fair play (FFP) rules, the governing body has announced.

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Leicester captain Wes Morgan is suspended for Sunday's Premier League match at Aston Villa after being sent off against Liverpool.

David Nugent is a doubt with illness which has affected some of the squad but manager Nigel Pearson, who did not name others who were laid low, hopes any bug would have cleared by Sunday.

Provisional squad: Schmeichel, Hamer, Moore, De Laet, Konchesky, Wasilewski, Drinkwater, James, King, Cambiasso, Albrighton, Mahrez, Knockaert, Vardy, Ulloa, Nugent, Schlupp, Wood, Powell.

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Balotelli, 24, is alleged to have breached the FA's rules, external in that his Instagram posting on Monday was abusive and/or insulting and/or improper.

The post - which the player subsequently deleted and apologised for - appeared to contain anti-Semitic and racist references.

Balotelli has until 18:00 GMT on 15 December, external to respond to the charge.

Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has been charged by the Football Association following a controversial post on his Instagram page.

A club spokesman said: "We acknowledge the FA's decision and the player will work through the process to answer the charge.

"While that process is on-going the club will not be making any further comment."

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Sunderland boss Gus Poyet has backed his players to bounce back from their loss to Manchester City when they face Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday.

"I don't think we need to repair anything but the idea is to keep believing," said Poyet, whose side battled to a scoreless draw against Chelsea last weekend. "I think it was more of a dream that we were in a position not to lose any of these three games in a row.

"We need to be brave - that's the word we're going to use the most this weekend. We are going in there willing to play and make it difficult in both ways, offensive and defensive."

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Diego Costa will start for Chelsea after suspension.

The Spain hitman will return for the Blues at St James' Park even though both Didier Drogba and Loic Remy both found the net in Wednesday's 3-0 win over Tottenham.

Gary Cahill is fit to face the Magpies despite picking up a head knock against Spurs, with Ramires and John Obi Mikel competing to replace the suspended Nemanja Matic.

Provisional squad: Courtois, Cech, Ivanovic, Luis, Fabregas, Zouma, Ramires, Oscar, Hazard, Costa, Mikel, Shurrle, Remy, Drogba, Willian, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Schwarzer.

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Here's Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, asked in his Friday news conference about the possibility of striker Didier Drogba staying on at Stamford Bridge as a coach once he finishes playing: "I don't know his qualities as a coach because I never saw him coach. So for me, that's a new story.

"My story, my personal story, is that he's still a very good player, and if he wants my advice in the future, I think he should stop when he wants, when he chooses. Not be waiting for me to decide, or the club to decide. We love him. We want him. He's a great player, he should stop when he wants.

"After that, I know that Mr Abramovich would be very happy to keep him at the club in any area where we feel and he feels that he can be useful and happy. But that will happen after he makes the decision to stop his career, which I don't think is tomorrow."

A quick update from the quarter-finals of the UK Championship in York.

It's three frames each between Anthony McGill and Ronnie O'Sullivan while Graeme Dott has moved into a 4-2 lead against Stuart Bingham.

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