United play cool as Saha turns up the heat

MANCHESTER UNITED are prepared to bide their time before taking another plunge for outspoken French forward Louis Saha.

The 25-year-old's future at Fulham has become highly problematic after he accused the Cottagers management of acting dishonestly in not allowing him to leave for Old Trafford.

Such is the ferocity of his latest outburst, in the French newspaper Le Parisien, that it would not come as a huge shock if he was omitted from the squad to face his old club Newcastle at St James' Park on Monday.