Sir Alex Ferguson is planning to plunder sporting riches from under the noses of Liverpool at football and horseracing.
The Manchester United manager is fancied to land next Saturday’s Grand National at Aintree with his star chaser What A Friend, then beat the Anfield club to the signature of Ashley Young during the summer.
Liverpool sporting director Daniel Comolli has made the 25-year-old Aston Villa winger his top summer target, but United have also made their interest known and are prepared to make him one of their three top targets.
Young’s value has soared on the back of two impressive performances for England last week against Wales and Ghana.
Villa are reluctant to part with the player who has refused to extend his current contract beyond the year it has left to run, but they are set to make an enormous profit on the £9.75million they paid Watford for him in 2007.
Ferguson will be kept in close contact with events at Aintree while he watches his team play Fulham from his place in the stand next Saturday. What A Friend is one of the National favourites.
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