1.  Meanwhile, Ferguson finally expects to sign his new three-year contract to carry on as United boss this week.

2.  Souness has asked United boss Alex Ferguson about the Trinidad and Tobago international, but dismissed reports Yorke could be part of a swap deal for Damien Duff.

3.  The United boss said his team would be sharper when it meets Tottenham Sunday in its first Premier League match of the new season.

4.  The United boss still remains hopeful of signing Bradford midfielder Eoin Jess and Twente Enschede striker Scott Booth.

5.  United boss Tommy McLean has resisted big money signings and preferred to put his faith in the youth at Tannadice.

6.  Final day visitors West Ham will probably need a point, maybe even victory to preserve their Premiership status, so the United boss is far from complacent.

7.  He also drew a distinction between United boss Alex Ferguson and McCarthy.

8.  He also drew a sharp distinction between United boss Alex Ferguson and McCarthy.

9.  Before his dismissal from the squad, Keane had confessed how the United boss was one of the few people he could talk to.

10.  But the United boss is hopeful that the Old Trafford injury list can improve before the Double-winners kick off the season at Wimbledon.