However the Man United boss has been told by the club's owners that he must first trim his squad before he can use
funds to bring in new signings and this ties in nicely with Ferguson's plans to freshen things up at the club with the likes
of Edwin van der Sar, Gary Neville, Owen Hargreaves, Tomasz Kuszczak, Michael Owen and Wes Brown all likely to move on, either through retirement or
because of a
lack of first - team
opportunities.