Ferguson rules out move for midfield cover

ALEX FERGUSON has ruled out the possibility of strengthening Manchester United’s midfield during the January transfer window despite ruling Anderson out until February with a knee injury.

For two seasons now, United’s midfield has been an area of concern amongst supporters. Most expected a replacement for now-retired Paul Scholes to be introduced during the summer and even on deadline day the rumour mill was whirring about the potential for a last-minute attempt to buy Wesley Sneijder from Inter Milan.

However, neither Sneijder, nor Luka Modric or Samir Nasri, two other players Ferguson was heavily linked with, were signed. It didn’t seem to matter when Tom Cleverley started the campaign so well but he has been sidelined by two injuries, the latest of which, to his ankle, he is not expected back from until the festive programme.