The United chief has also been bolstered by the quick
return to fitness of Danny Welbeck who, despite being unavaiable for Sunday's fixture, could be back playing away to Stoke in a week's time after injuring his hamstring in the 8 - 2 demolition of Arsenal.
Having only just
returned to fitness after almost eight months of injury misery, perhaps more should be thought of Jetro Willems.
Stuart Dallas will likely get a chance to start after finally
returning to fitness following his injury while on duty for Northern Ireland in the World Cup playoffs.
That issue also affected Jack Wilshere, who played just five times
despite returning to fitness a few months prior to the end of the season.
Despite fitness concerns over the past few seasons, the German has been a regular at the Westfalenstadion
since returning to fitness in October.
He has assured us of
returns to fitness for the likes of Shkodran Mustafi, but question marks remain on the likelihood that others will be fit.
The England international has struggled with injuries in recent seasons, but has always
returned to fitness as a part of Arsene Wenger's plans, and seems to be a player the French boss likes to work with.
Hammers legend Phil Parkes reckons Andy Carroll is going to have a really tough job on his hands getting back into the team when he
finally returns to fitness.
Having lost eight kilos and
returned to fitness ahead of the London Olympics, multiple Olympic medallist, swimmer Libby Trickett, wants to help other women to shape up with a healthy eating strategy
When Danny finally
does return to fitness at least he should be fresh for the rest of the campaign as we get down to the nitty - gritty of the closing stages.
If Daniel Sturridge — who has been ruled out of starting next season as he recovers from a hip injury [via Daily Mail]--
returns to fitness not too far into the beginning of the 2015 - 16 campaign, Brendan Rodgers could have one of England's most formidable attack forces, as they look to return to the top four.
According to FCInterNews.it, Nerazzurri coach Walter Mazzarri will assess whether Mariga is part of his plans in December as the Kenyan is
currently returning to fitness following a succession of long - term injuries.
The same goes for Thomas Rosicky, who has returned to the gym after similar surgery to Welbeck's and will probably
return to fitness at the same time.
However one thing that will point away from this, Jack Wilshere is
soon returning to fitness, and that deep role is his best, AW wants Ramsey in the side but he is not disciplined enough to play there, Santi Cazorla is Wenger's dream, tiny, technical.
But Martin Kelly (hamstring) and captain Steven Gerrard (groin) are both
nearing returns to fitness but the skipper may not be risked at White Hart Lane.
It is always frustrating when a
player returns to fitness in an international break but it seems that he has come through unscathed.
I'd also be hoping for the
quick return to fitness of Cresswell, Ayew and Carroll which would enable greater choice.
This means that once
Sturridge returns to fitness, he is surely expected to form a dynamic partnership with Mario Balotelli up front, but in Rickie Lambert and Fabio Borini — the Reds have poor backup and rotation options.
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He has retained his place in the starting XI despite Rooney's
recent return to fitness and his winner against Villa on Saturday made it seven goals in 13 appearances in all competitions for the promising youngster.
With Theo Walcott, Serge Gnabry, Aaron Ramsey, Yaya Sanogo and Mikel
Arteta returning to fitness, this week is very important as it gives the coaching staff at the club a great chance to get everyone playing as a team.
But with Yakubu and Victor
Anichebe returning to fitness to bolster Everton's attacking options, Moyes is prepared to let Vaughan depart temporarily with Coca - Cola Championship side Middlesbrough contemplating a loan offer.
Arsene Wenger must have been mightily relieved when the in form England striker Danny Welbeck passed his late fitness test and as expected, the Frenchman has stuck with the pacy and hard working front man instead of bringing back Olivier Giroud who has made an
early return to fitness and is on the bench to face Manchester United today.
The reason for that is the good news reported by The Mirror this week about the
imminent return to fitness of our Spanish international midfield star Santi Cazorla, with Arsene Wenger giving a very positive update on the little magician's road to recovery.
The boss clearly has great faith in the cntre back, though, highlighted once again by the decision to take up the option of extending his contract for another year before he has
even returned to fitness, as reported by the Evening Standard.
The
impending return to fitness and first team action of first choice striker and England international Daniel Sturridge is only set to push Balotelli further back down the pecking order and, with Fabio Borini and Rickie Lambert preferred ahead of him in recent weeks, the Italian's prospects do not look great.
Arsene Wenger believes that, although we are suffering from injuries now, when all our walking
wounded return to fitness we have the firepower to go a long way in Europe's most prestigious compeition.
This is likely to the case with Alexandre Lacazette as well, who is
also returned to fitness, but as the Frenchman has had no football for the last six weeks it may be a good idea to bring him on once we have a good lead -LRB-?).
Nor would his presence in the squad have led to the
sudden return to fitness of Luka Modric, the reinvigoration and de-mardification of Cristiano Ronaldo, or the welcome return of precision to Gareth Bale's finishing, all of which played some part in Wednesday's result.
With
Giroud returning to fitness and form, Arsene Wenger will now have another key player to call upon to ensure that they are able to maintain their current rich vein of form.
Along with the three points and some good play from the likes of Alexis Sanchez, Theo Walcott, Granit Xhaka and Petr Cech there were more positives from the Gunners as key players like Ozil, Koscielny and
Cazorla returned to fitness.
News of Giroud's setback is slightly eased by the
timely return to fitness of Danny Welbeck, who scored the only goal against West Ham to secure a date with Chelsea in the latter stages of the tournament.
Jonathan Kodjia is
slowly returning to fitness and looked better and stronger last night against Cardiff while we shouldn't put too much pressure on youngsters like Keinan Davis and Rushian Hepburn - Murphy.
Begovic is yet to make a Premier League appearance this season after Thibault
Courtois return to fitness and the Bosnian could be swayed by the Hammers» offer of regular first team football.
Thankfully, Patrick Cutrone has come good and could do a job for Milan until
Zlatan returns to fitness, that's if he returns to Milan at all.
When Aaron
Ramsey returns to fitness then the Wales international and Theo Walcott will ultimately be competing for one position on the right wing, presuming that Olivier Giroud plays up front and Alexis Sanchez on the left.
With Abou
Diaby returning to fitness and Arteta, Flamini, Ramsey and Wilshere already at the club, I did fear that Arsene Wenger would choose to once again ignore revamping this area of his squad.
Would it be worth having an expensive and (potentially) disruptive player sitting on the bench for another 18 months, as he clearly doesn't fit into Martinez's plans with Lukaku looking good and
Kone returning to fitness?
Laurent Koscielny, Mathieu Debuchy, Mesut Ozil, Olivier Giroud, Serge Gnabry and Yaya Sanogo are all out of action, while Aaron Ramsey has only
recently returned to fitness and Theo Walcott is not yet ready for a competitive return.
Debuchy succumbed to a season - ending injury in his opening months with the North - London side, and
when returning to fitness his place was no longer available, with Hector Bellerin proving himself to be irreplaceable.
The summer signing has struggled with injury for most of his Barca career and is now finding it tough to get in the team
despite returning to fitness.
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Since returning to fitness, the France international has struggled to establish himself in Ernesto Valverde's starting XI.
Sadly he hasn't shown much of the same ever since and although he's currently
returning to fitness after a injury struggle, I'm not sure if he'll find himself back in the team as an Arsenal regular straight away.