Fergie set for clear out - report

(07-01-2011) Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is set for a major overhaul of his squad. According to a report in Thursday’s edition of the Daily Telegraph, six players will be shown the exit door at the end of the season. The players to be axed include Edwin van der Sar, who is expected to retire, Gary Neville, Owen Hargreaves, Tomasz Kuszczak, Michael Owen and Wes Brown. The club’s other ageing veterans, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes, will be offered one-year deals while Tom Cleverley and Danny Welbeck will return from loan deals to become part of the Red Devils’s first-team squad. Fergie is also expected to make a concerted effort to sign exciting youngsters Jordan Henderson and Jack Rodwell who currently play for Sunderland and Everton respectively. The paper also claims that Brazilian duo Anderson and Rafael da Silva are set to become central figures in the club’s future.