United ready to impose their own blockade

MANCHESTER UNITED aim to avoid getting caught up by a general strike in Spain today – and set up their own blockade against Valencia instead.

The country is set to come to a standstill in protest at savage cuts being imposed by the government to try and balance the books in one of Europe’s most debt-ridden economies.

As a former trade unionist in the Glasgow shipyards, Ferguson is well versed in politics and reacted jovially when asked whether he was concerned about getting caught up in the action today.