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The England captain showed no ill-effects from his injury during a 45-minute Manchester Senior Cup exertion against Oldham Athletic’s youthful second string at Stalybridge Celtic’s Bower Fold ground.

And with the trip to Everton beginning a crucial week of fixtures for United, who face Rangers in the Champions League on Sept 14 before entertaining Liverpool at Old Trafford five days later, Ferdinand is now likely to challenge for a swift return to first-team action after proving his fitness. The 31 year-old has been sidelined since suffering knee ligament damage while training with England in Rustenburg on June 4, a week before the start of the World Cup in South Africa earlier this summer.

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Manchester United & Rangers Plan Joint Security Operation For Champions League Clashes: Manchester United and Rangers are implementing unprecedented joint security measures in order to prevent crowd trouble when the clubs meet in this season's Champions League. Club chiefs are keen to avoid a repeat of the scenes during and after the 2008 UEFA Cup final, held at the City of Manchester Stadium, when thousands of Rangers fans descended on the city.

There were major outbreaks of trouble during that evening, with police officers attacked and extensive damage to property around the city centre. Rangers fans travelling to the Old Trafford tie will have to travel on official coaches or not be allowed to attend the match at all, according to the report. Their coaches will also be directed to Wigan Atheltic's DW Stadium, some 17 miles or so from Old Trafford, where their match tickets will be distributed, in order to decrease the risk of trouble in Manchester.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has declared that he wanted to secure the services of Spain striker David Villa prior to the start of the World Cup.

Villa has been in amazing goal scoring form and has scored five goals in the World Cup so far. He is the leading goal scorer at the tournament.

Widely considered as one of the best strikers in the world, Villa left Valencia to join Barcelona on May 19 for a transfer fee of £35 million.

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The Spanish AS newspaper reported that the Frenchman would cost Manchester United 30 million euros, five million less than Real Madrid paid Olympique Lyon for his services a year ago. Benzema, 22, had a rather disappointing first season at the Bernabeu, scoring just nine goals in 32 appearances. His lack of first team action led to his exclusion from Raymond Domenech’s French World Cup squad.

He has been linked with Manchester United for a while, and there have even been reports that Real would be willing to include him in a swap deal to secure Nemanja Vidic ’s signature. Benzema’s contract at Real expires in 2015.

The £12million chase to sign Simon Kjaer looks like turning into a straight battle between Manchester United and Tottenham after his agent revealed he wants to join a Champions League club. Former Middlesbrough striker Mikkel Beck appeared to dash Manchester City's hopes of landing Kjaer after eliminating Steve McClaren's Wolfsburg from the running and describing how the 21-year old centre-back was setting his sights high. Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini had admitted holding discussions with both Manchester clubs, Tottenham and Wolfsburg and hinted he was ready to sell to the highest bidder.

But Beck narrowed down the field by countering: 'I heard those remarks, but it is not true that Wolfsburg are contenders for Simon's signature. He will not be going there. 'Simon knows he can play in the Europa League with Palermo next season, but he is ready to take the next step and move up to a higher level. There are still one or two interesting clubs to consider.'

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The unseemly wrangle over Paul Pogba's transfer from Le Havre to Manchester United finally reached a satisfactory climax for both clubs last week. This was a relief after the last similar saga, involving Gael Kakuta, but as with Chelsea's French prodigy, spoke volumes of a coveted young prospect. So what can the Premier League expect from its latest young import from across the Channel?

Pogba was spotted by Le Havre's chief scout Franck Sale in his home district of Sarcelles, in the suburbs of northern Paris, at the age of 13. Sale wasted little time in recruiting him to the much-vaunted academy that has produced the likes of Vikash Dhorasoo and Charles N'Zogbia in the past. "I was impressed by his attitude," Sale told Goal.com. "He was already like a footballer and had great game intelligence for his age."

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Marseille are showing interest in Manchester United midfielder Anderson even though he is unlikely to be fully fit until September. The Brazilian, 22, ruptured the cruciate ligament in his left knee in February days after vowing to get his United career back on track following a fall-out with Sir Alex Ferguson. Lyon and Paris St Germain have also shown interest in the past.

CSKA Moscow star Milos Krasic has delivered a snub to Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal by declaring he only wants to move to Italy. Krasic, 25, has been strongly linked with a £15 million switch to Juventus this summer, although the Premier League trio are also hot on his trail.

The tall winger has thrilled scouts all season and is expected to star in World Cup 2010 with Serbia. Speaking to Tuttosport, Krasic confirmed his desire to play in Serie A next term. "Yes, I want to play in Italy. I don't know what team, but I want to go there. I have heard about Juventus," Krasic said. "They (his agents) are deciding my future, but I am sure that they will choose the best for me. I am focused on the World Cup for now."

Everton midfield dynamo Mikel Arteta will pledge his future to the club, despite reported interest from Premier League behemoths Arsenal and Manchester United.

The Sunday Mirror claims the 28-year-old is keen to show his loyalty to Toffee's boss David Moyes, who stood by him during the Spaniard's eight-month spell on the sidelines.

Arteta was forced to have a prolonged spell in the treatment room following a cruciate ligament injury sustained in February 2009. Arteta's contract is due to expire next summer and talks over a new deal were believed to have stalled.

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Arsenal and Manchester United have been told to hurry up and make a move for Milos Krasic or risk losing out to Juventus.

The CSKA Moscow star has been scouted by all of the Barclay's Premier League big guns and turned down a move to Manchester City in January.

Inter Milan are also keen, but Juve have stolen a march on their rivals by making the first move along with Fenerbahce, but Krasic has little interest in relocating to Turkey.

The 25-year-old Serbia winger wants to sort out his future before the World Cup and his agent Dejan Joksimovic admits a move to Turin could be wrapped up this week.

'The English are interested in Krasic,' said Joksimovic. 'It's not only Manchester United with their eye on him, but also Arsenal.

'However, neither have yet made a concrete offer. At the moment, Milos has offers from two clubs: Fenerbahce and Juventus.

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