Ferguson to test Kagawa and Powell in tour matches

Alex Ferguson has confirmed £13m new boy Shinji Kagawa will be the star attraction on Manchester United’s pre-season tour of South Africa and China.

Kagawa is one of the few certainties in the travelling party after Ferguson’s summer plans were hit by the need to rest players after Euro 2012 and also the departures of others, including Ryan Giggs and David de Gea, for Olympic duty.