The sides met at United’s Carrington training centre but the match was immediately abandoned without kicking a ball when an unnamed Stoke player tested positive, with United insisting none of their squad came into contact with him
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Nigeria’s Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfried Ndidi will star as Leicester City host their relegation rivals, Stoke City, in the lunchtime kick-off.
Martinez managed Moses at Wigan and helped him secure a big move to the Blues in 2012
Vardy was dismissed in the 28th minute for a two-footed tackle on Mame Diouf
The Hammers are 10 points worse off than at this stage last season but their form has picked up in recent weeks, winning three of their last four games in all competitions, although they were beaten 2-0 by Everton last weekend
Spurs are one six sides unbeaten in the league season, while Mark Hughes’ Potters sit rock-bottom of the table after three matches played.
The winger, who signed from Wigan for £9 million in 2012 and scored 10 times in his debut season, has become a forgotten man for the Blues since then, spending loan spells at Liverpool, Stoke and West Ham
They were beaten by a Stoke side unrecognisable from last weekend’s 2-0 defeat at struggling Sunderland as they oozed confidence
That means the Eagles will still be without strikers Marouane Chamakh and Fraizer Campbell – who both remain sidelined with hamstring problems
But the Stoke manager stresses that Chelsea and Moses himself will have the final say at the end of the season when he pops the question about the Nigeria star moving to Stoke
The Blues sit three points clear of second-placed Manchester City heading into the hectic festive programme
Stoke new boy Victor Moses says the players will go into Saturday’s clash with Leicester still buzzing from that famous win over Manchester City.
Nigerian international, Osaze Odemwingie has been left off Stoke City’s 25-man squad for the season as the player faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines with a knee injury that could require surgery.
Moses will join the Potters for the remainder of the season after finding himself surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge
Jose Mourinho’s side bounced back from their 3-1 midweek quarter-final first leg loss in Paris to move a point ahead of Liverpool, who will regain top spot if they avoid defeat away to West Ham on Sunday
It was Stoke’s third successive win, taking Mark Hughes’s side to the 40-point mark synonymous with safety from relegation and leaving FA Cup semi-finalists, Hull, seven points above the bottom three in 14th place
She allegedly stole £15,437.67 by using the Nigeria international’s debit card
West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City are bidding for the Nigerian international on Monday
The 32-year-old is yet to feature for the Baggies this season and it is understood that he is not a part of manager Steve Clarke’s plans
The Welshman got Stoke promoted to the Premier League for the first time in just the second season of his second spell