Fergie: we need to strengthen squad

CONFIRMED Champions League quarter-finalists Manchester United seek their 10th victory in this season’s competition tonight with Alex Ferguson claiming his squad is not big enough to cope.

With Roy Keane and Juan Sebastian Veron sidelined for up to four weeks and Quinton Fortune and Mikael Silvestre also missing tonight’s visit by Swiss outfit FC Basle to Old Trafford, Ferguson has little option other than to give youth a chance.

The return of Diego Forlan and Laurent Blanc does ease his selection problem slightly but room to rest some of his more experienced stars ahead of Saturday’s must-win Premiership trip to Aston Villa is minimal.