Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed he has no plans to add to his Manchester United squad during the January transfer window.

United boss feels there is no point trying to make signings

Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed he has no plans to add to his Manchester United squad during the January transfer window. The Premier League champions invested largely in youth in the summer as goalkeeper David de Gea and defender Phil Jones were signed, along with England international Ashley Young. However, following the retirement of midfield legend Paul Scholes at the end of last season, there was a clamour from fans to bring in a high-quality replacement. Wesley Sneijder, Luka Modric and Samir Nasri were all linked with moves to Old Trafford, but Ferguson opted to put his faith in the players already at his disposal, notably the emerging Tom Cleverley. After an impressive start to the season, Cleverley has been beset by injury problems and he is not expected to return for the Red Devils until around Christmas. With fellow midfielder Anderson now ruled out until February with a knee injury, reports have suggested Ferguson will look to address the engine room in the New Year. Ferguson feels recruiting new signings in January is not usually the best policy and does not believe there is anyone available who could improve his squad. "It is easy to say you are going to buy players but it is not easy to buy them for Manchester United, especially in January," said Ferguson. "I do not see anyone who could make us a better team. "There are two or three players but they are not available, so there is no point even going there."