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FERGUSON KEEN ON ANDERSON
Sir Alex Ferguson is reportedly building the team around midfielder Anderson in order to get most out of him. Sir Alex Ferguson expects Brazilian duo Anderson and Rafael to become central figures in Manchester United’s future as he prepares to undertake his biggest squad overhaul at Old Trafford for over a decade. No fewer than six senior players are expected to leave United at the end of the season, with Edwin van der Sar, Gary Neville, Owen Hargreaves, Tomasz Kuszczak, Michael Owen and Wes Brown all likely to move on, either through retirement or a lack of first-team opportunities.
With doubts also hovering over the Old Trafford futures of Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes, the United squad which starts the 2011/12 campaign could be the most youthful since Ferguson replaced Ince, Hughes and Kanchelskis with emerging stars such as Neville, Scholes, David Beckham and Nicky Butt in the summer of 1995. While Giggs and Scholes are expected to be offered one-year contracts, Ferguson now believes his emerging players, supported by the likes of Nemanja Vidic, Wayne Rooney and Darren Fletcher, are ready to make the breakthrough.