Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that United are trying to sign Argentine striker Carlos Tevez and hopes to complete a deal in the near future. However, he has said that the deal must be completely above board.

Frenzied speculation in the latter half of last week predicted that United would have wrapped up a deal for the West Ham star over the weekend.

No deal has yet been completed, but Sir Alex claims that - as far as he is aware - there are no complications in a deal which is ready to go through.

"We are in negotiations, which has been well documented," he said, speaking at a press conference to unveil new signings Owen Hargreaves and Nani.

"To be honest I thought it would have all been sorted by the weekend just gone. It must be the Premier League that is holding it up.

"From what David [Gill] and Maurice said everything was ready to go. Unless something's being held back from us, I don't know of anything that's holding it up. The essential parts of the deal are all agreed, hopefully it will be finalised soon."

You can watch the full video clip of Sir Alex on the Tevez deal in Tuesday's MUTV Online news.