Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is happy to have Nemanja Vidic available for today's trip to Everton.

The midweek win in Milan was the ninth consecutive game to be missed by the Serbian defender, but he could now restart his season against in-form Everton and Louis Saha - conquerors of Chelsea in their last home match.

"It's welcome news," said Sir Alex at his Friday lunch-time press conference. "He's trained very well in the last two weeks and is ready to come into the squad."