Manchester United attacker Shinji Kagawa has revealed that he is not satisfied with his performances for the club so far.

The 23-year-old midfielder made the move to Manchester after shining for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga, but has been unhappy with his form since the transfer.

"I’m not satisfied so far, but then I am always very critical of my own performances," Kagawa told the club's official website. "Even worse, though, I got injured. I had to go through the frustrations that come with getting injured in my first season with the team."

The Japanese playmaker believes he faces a difficult task as he tries to catch up with the rest of the squad following a spate of injuries but insists he is working as hard as possible to do so.

"Now I’m just doing my best to catch up on what I have missed," Kagawa added. "There’s a lot of pressure when you play for this club, but all I can do at the moment is keep working hard every day to bring out the best in me. I’m confident my hard work will pay off."

Meanwhile, Kagawa is convinced that the season can only be considered a success if United manages to win the Premier League.

"A big club is expected to win every game and also to be the champions," Kagawa said. "So that’s definitely our goal. I’ll do my best to contribute to the team so that, come the end of the season, I can feel I’ve made a contribution to what will hopefully be a title win."
(goal.com)

ALEX FERGUSON remains tight-lipped over Manchester United’s transfer targets. The Premier League table-toppers are on the verge of signing Crystal Palace whizkid Wilfried Zaha in a £12million deal.

And Fergie is keen on landing unwanted Chelsea pair Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard when their deals expire at the end of the season.

But speaking ahead of his side's showdown with Liverpool this weekend, the United boss refused to be drawn on his plans.

He insisted: “There is nothing to report.

“It is January. The media are all getting a bit desperate. There is nothing to tell you.”

Sir Alex Ferguson hopes Manchester United's home date with Liverpool on Sunday will make headlines for all the right reasons.

The last time the two old adversaries met at Old Trafford in the Premier League, the game was overshadowed by Luis Suarez's refusal to shake hands with Patrice Evra.

Those differences were put aside during a meeting at Anfield in September, and it is hoped the issue can now be laid to rest.

Ferguson is looking for that to be the case, with the United boss eager for focus to be returned to footballing matters ahead of an eagerly-anticipated north west derby.

"There will always be a certain build-up to a Manchester United-Liverpool game, simply because of the history between the two clubs, the two most successful in the country," Ferguson told Inside United.

"It brings its own agenda in terms of profile and pre-match discussion.

"Last year it was unfortunate with the Suarez behaviour.

"I think hopefully it is behind both clubs now and we can just look forward to the game."

Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic has conceded the club face a tough challenge in replacing Sir Alex Ferguson upon his eventual retirement.

Ferguson, 71, is currently in his 26th season in control of the Red Devils, but speculation has intensified over recent weeks that this may well be his last.

Vidic has hailed the stability brought by the long-serving Scot but is keen to still be at Old Trafford when a new manager arrives.

"It is tough to say, the way the club is built is on stability, some of [the players] have been with Ferguson for 10 years," Vidic told FourFourTwo.

"We still want to keep stability. It will be a tough place to be and it will be a big challenge for the club and for the [new] manager to sit in that chair, but he will have support from the club and the fans and [we will] give him all he needs to do well."

_The likes of Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola have been linked with the United hotseat as Sir Alex's replacement, but Vidic insists the players are kept in the dark.

He added: "Who it will be, I do not know - the manager is still doing well, so we don’t need to think about that now."

Finally, he admitted he would like to test himself in management in the future, adding: "I would like to be a coach or a manager one day, but you never know, you change decisions. I have had some coaching lessons and I am interested in that, but I am still a footballer."