Man Utd boss Ferguson likens Saha to Viv Anderson

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says Everton striker Louis Saha's horrific injury record at Old Trafford was simply one of those things that happen in football.

Saha started only 52 league games for United and, had he stayed fit, he would still be at a club that is trying to replace the goals lost when Cristiano Ronaldo left for Real Madrid.

Ferguson admitted yesterday: "He is more consistently free of injury than he had been at Manchester United. We would not have sold him had he been a regular performer for us. Unfortunately, for Louis and for us, he was always injured. It happens that way sometimes.

"I remember we took Viv Anderson from Arsenal. I looked at his playing record and he hadn't missed a game in four years, other than through suspension, but he was never fit at United. Then he left to go to Sheffield Wednesday at the tail-end of his career and he played for two-and-a-half years without injury. Sod's law."