Ferguson wants Rio to sign

Alex Ferguson again turned his attentions to the future of Rio Ferdinand after watching Manchester United thump Charlton 4-0 at The Valley – a result which left Addicks boss Alan Curbishley promising major changes at the south-east London club.

Ferguson has maintained United will not be ‘messed about’ by the £29million England international over his £100,000-a-week contract extension, and has made it clear that once the player’s agent Pini Zahavi returns from his latest business trip, he expects the situation to be resolved immediately.