Sir Alex on team news for the Wigan match: "On the injury front, everyone's fit, Apart from the ones we know about - Jones and Smalling. Jones was a bad blow for us. He got an injury in training last wekend. He'll be out for 8-10 weeks. We expect Smalling to be back training inside a month. But with Jonny Evans now back we're in better shape at centre-back than we were a couple of weeks ago."

On players returning from internationals: "You always have concerns about players travelling [long distances] in international breaks - we had Chicharito, Valencia and Kagawa. They've all done it before, although with Shinji we don't know exactly how he reacts to travelling back from long distances. Hopefully he'll be okay."

On Darren Fletcher: "Darren's training well and played in the Reserves on Monday night. The next step is when we can involve him in a game in the first team. He's in the squad tomorrow, simply because I think it will give him a boost. It's a chance to progress. At this moment in time everything's going fine for him. We understand the condition he has to deal with - that can change but hopefully he's managed to conquer it in terms of his diet and how he handles it. Things are going well at the moment."

On facing Liverpool next week after the Hillsborough report: "It shouldn't need what happened this players for their thoughts on a busy week ahead with games against Wigan, Galatasaray and Liverpool in the space of eight days.