Manchester United eye Ozil

Ferguson on Sunday responded to questions about Ozil after the 3-1 defeat of Chelsea in the Community Shield by repeating that he was happy with his current squad and "did not need to add to it".

However, the United manager, who was at Craven Cottage on Saturday to see Ozil's team play Fulham in a pre-season friendly, was particularly ambiguous when he was asked directly, on four occasions, whether it was true the deposed Premier League champions were after the man who helped to eliminate England from the World Cup.