ODREARY PITCHES IN

Last updated : 22 July 2002 By editor

"There is nobody more capable of dealing with the pressure of a £30million transfer to Old Trafford. Sir Alex Ferguson knows that.When you get there, you won't need a settling in period. It's not like when Jaap Stam came from Holland and needed months before looking the part.You'll be ready straight away, and judging by the way United defended at times last season, they will need you at your best!"

"Arsene Wenger has criticised Leeds for the sale after he managed to keep Patrick Vieira in similarly trying circumstances last summer.Wenger's unhappy because this transfer will give us the prospect of a title race with less competition than the egg-and-spoon race at the local school! Those were also my sentiments - but I was sacked for expressing them.United have always scored goals, now they are going to be stopping them too."