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Fergie expects strong Spurs

11 Sep 2009 - 07:45:15

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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson believes this could finally be the year that Tottenham Hotspur break into the Premier League's top four.

United travel to White Hart Lane on Saturday evening looking to end Spurs' 100 per cent start to the new season.

But Ferguson fully expects the north London club - who have twice finished fifth in the league in recent reasons behind United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea - to put up a formidable challenge.

"I watched a couple of videos yesterday and they will be a handful for us," he explained.

"They have had a good start and Harry (Redknapp) has brought in a few of his own type of players.

"Players he's familiar with such as Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe and now Niko Kranjcar as well."

Meanwhile, Ferguson believes Rio Ferdinand could be fit enough to make his first league appearance of the season at Spurs.

He has also been buoyed by the size of the squad he has had available for training during the recent international break.

"We've had a good number of players training here - Ferdinand, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Anderson, Park Ji-Sung and also young Fabio and Michael Owen," he added.

"If the worst came to the worst we would have a reasonable group of players fit."