ALEX FERGUSON has hinted Owen Hargreaves could soon be back in the first team reckoning at Manchester United.
The injury-plagued England midfielder has played just one minute of football in the last two years.
He has struggled with a persistant knee problem and was thought to have suffered a setback earlier this year.
But Ferguson has revealed Hargreaves is back in training and looking to build his fitness ahead of a potential return.
The United boss said: "He trained yesterday with the first team and looked very good.
"I was surprised actually how good he was looking. It's an extra string to our bow.
"Bringing him in at this time, after being out for so long, obviously we'll have to monitor him and see how he's going to progress in the next few weeks.
"But it's good to see him back.
"Because he's been out for so long you have to see whether there's going to be a relapse.
"That's the first thing on our mind at the moment but having watched him in training yesterday if he continues that way he's going to give me another selection problem, no question about that."
Ferguson has also confirmed Michael Carrick is on the road to recovery after having an injection in his Achilles.
The Scot added: "Michael started training last week. He had that injection on his Achilles to settle it down.
"It was nothing serious, just one of those niggling little problems you can get with your Achilles, particularly at the start of the season when grounds are firm. But he's fine, he's started training."
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