Ferguson demands second place finish

ALEX FERGUSON has told his Manchester United team he wants to keep his atlas shut this summer and has demanded they finish second in the Premiership.

Failure to overhaul Chelsea as runners-up to champions-elect Arsenal will condemn United to a Champions League qualifier in August.

Given Ferguson’s men are already contracted to a three-game tour of the United States, two matches in the Vodafone Cup at Old Trafford, plus a likely Community Shield encounter with the Gunners in Cardiff on August 8, it is two fixtures they can well do without.