Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is pleased with American goalkeeper Tim Howard's form at Everton and would be happy to welcome him back to Old Trafford.
Howard lost his place to Edwin van der Sar and spent almost all of last season on the Red Devils' bench before going on loan to Everton.
The two clubs meet at Old Trafford on Wednesday and Howard will miss his first league game of the season because Premier League rules state that he can't play against the team that holds his contract.
``Tim has been doing really well at Everton, which is what we hoped for,'' Ferguson said Tuesday. ``The potential has always been there because he has great elasticity, he is brave, has a good spring and is an excellent distributor of the ball. All he needed was the experience _ and now he is getting it.
``I have spoken to (Everton manager) David Moyes and he is delighted at how Tim has been playing,'' he added. ``But it is certainly a possibility he could come back to us, no question about that.''
© The Canadian Press, 2007
