Ferguson: We’re ready for ‘noisy neighbours’

ALEX FERGUSON doubts whether he will sign any more players before Manchester United face their “noisy neighbours” in the Community Shield at Wembley next month.

The United boss signed three players right at the start of the summer but an extensive search for a playmaker to replace Paul Scholes has so far proved to be a failure.

It is anticipated that if Luka Modric and Samir Nasri leave Tottenham and Arsenal respectively, they will head to other ports of call than Old Trafford and a deal to sign Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder from Inter Milan has floundered due to the extreme costs involved.