Ferguson rules out Akinfeev swoop

The 23-year-old Russian international continues to be linked with a move to Old Trafford as a replacement for Edwin van der Sar, who may hang up his boots at the end of the season.

Akinfeev did his chances of sealing a switch to the Premier League champions no harm at all in the side's 3-3 Champions League draw on Tuesday night, pulling off a string of saves to deny the Red Devils, only to see Antonio Valencia's deflected injury-time effort fly past him and deny CSKA an upset.

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Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.