Ferguson to give 'Little Cantona' his United debut

ERIC DJEMBA DJEMBA will finally get his chance to impress Alex Ferguson tonight, with the Manchester United boss predicting his new African signing will bring something extra to the Old Trafford party.

Ferguson has barely clapped eyes on the Cameroon midfielder since tying up a £4.2million transfer for the 23-year-old from Nantes early last month. Along with Mikael Silvestre and Fabien Barthez, Djemba Djemba was excused United's two-week pre-season trip to the United States and given extra recovery time from his country's Confederations Cup commitments, in which Cameroon's run to the final was completely overshadowed by the untimely death of Marc-Vivien Foe.

While Ferguson and his party have been wowing America with their goal-ladened four-match winning streak, Djemba Djemba has been put through his paces by Brian McClair at United's Carrington training base.