I’m not out to unsettle Benzema, says Fergie

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson has dismissed claims that he has attempted to unsettle the Lyon striker Karim Benzema.

United face the Ligue 1 side in the second leg of their Champions League clash at Old Trafford next week, with the tie finely-poised at 1-1.

Ferguson has been linked with Benzema for several months and spoke highly of the young forward in the build-up to last week’s game in France, comments which Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas interpreted as an attempt to “destabilise” the 20-year-old.