Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that Manchester United are set to offer new contracts to Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes.

The veteran duo have become part of the furniture at Old Trafford over the years, having spent their entire careers to date with the Red Devils.

They are now set to be offered the opportunity to prolong their association with the club even further by penning fresh terms.

Giggs, the reigning PFA Player of the Year and latest member of the Premier League 100-goals club, will be rewarded for a number of performances which belie his years.

Scholes, who is also entering the twilight of his distinguished career, will also be awarded a new deal despite passing his 35th birthday.

Ferguson is convinced that the pair can still do a job at the highest level and is determined to tie them down for a further 12 months.

“Ryan will be offered a new contract for next season, which is an indication of what we think of him coming up to 37 next season, and Paul knows he will be offered one as well,” Ferguson said.

Both Giggs and Scholes have seen their first-team opportunities limited of late in an effort to save their ageing legs for the games that matter most.

Ferguson, though, continues to be amazed by the level of performance they put in and believes they are capable of going on for some time yet.

Humility

“Ryan is an example to young people,” said Ferguson.

“He has humility and he has never changed and I think he is having his best years now.

“He has retained that amazing quality in his game and also an enthusiasm to play.”

He added: “I spoke to Paul and he said he didn’t actually say he was thinking of his future.

“When you get to that age every player starts to think about what the future holds for him.

“But when you see Paul’s performances at West Ham and in Wolfsburg last week there is no reason to think he can’t do it again next year again.

“Maybe he thinks he should be playing every game. That’s fine, but I know that’s not fair.

“We want the quality. We want to see Scholes perform like he did on Tuesday and the best way of doing that is to gauge the games we know he is going to dominate.”

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Sir Alex Ferguson has ruled out a deal to bring veteran defender Sol Campbell to Manchester United in January.

Campbell was linked with a shock move to Old Trafford earlier this week to solve United’s current injury problems in defence.

Patrice Evra was the sole fit defender available for United’s UEFA Champions League win at Wolfsburg on Tuesday, and only Nemanja Vidic is expected to be back for Saturday’s game against Aston Villa.

With John O’Shea and Jonny Evans definitely out until the New Year, and no date set for Rio Ferdinand’s return from injury, Campbell was mooted as a stop-gap signing.

However, Red Devils boss Ferguson has been left surprised by the link and says he has no plans to add the 35-year-old, who had expressed an interest in the move, to his squad.

“I don’t know where this came from, but it is all wrong,” said Ferguson.

“Sol Campbell was a great player, but he is not a player we are thinking about getting to come to United.”

Campbell has been training with former club Arsenal of late after leaving Notts County in September just weeks into a five-year contract with the League Two club.

He had made just one appearance for County and has since been linked with a move to Newcastle United as he waits to secure a new club for January.

Money is there

Ferguson also denied reports that he lacks the funds to make major signings, despite bringing in 80million from the summer sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid.

He added: “It has been said I do not have the money. But the money is there if I wanted to use it.

“I didn’t see any value in the summer and I don’t see any value at the moment either.

“I am happy with the players I already have at the club.”

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Nemanja Vidic is expected to return to Manchester United’s injury-ravaged defence for Saturday’s Premier League meeting with Aston Villa.

Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson was forced to employ a back four of Patrice Evra, Park Ji-sung, Michael Carrick and Darren Fletcher against Wolfsburg in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night.

Ferguson was missing 14 senior men for the clash in Germany, eight of them defenders, with his midfield trio forced to drop back to play alongside captain for the night Evra.

The hat-trick heroics of Michael Owen fired United to a 3-1 success and top spot in Group B as the makeshift backline performed well.

Serbia international Vidic has now recovered from the illness which kept him out of the victories over Wolfsburg and West Ham and will slot back in against Villa.

“I expect Vidic to be fit and if he is available we would have him and Michael Carrick, plus Darren Fletcher and Patrice Evra,” Ferguson said.

“I would be happy enough with that.”

System

Ferguson also expects to have Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov available to face Martin O’Neill’s men, who have once again moved to the fringes of a top-four place.

That might mean a quick relegation back to the substitutes’ bench for Owen, who marked a rare start by converting his first Champions League treble since 2003.

Ferguson is delighted with the contribution of his free transfer summer signing and admitted United’s regular formation goes some way to explaining his lack of starts.

He added: “I made the point some weeks ago that his training performances have improved steadily. I have had no worries about him.

“Obviously in some games recently we have only played with one striker and Wayne Rooney has been it. Here we used a different system.”

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Manchester United rode their luck at times against Wolfsburg but a Michael Owen hat-trick eventually saw off the German champions 3-1.

United began the game with Patrice Evra, captain for the night, as their only recognised defender as Park Ji-Sung slotted in at right-back and Michael Carrick and Darren Fletcher partnered each other in central defence.

Wolfsburg knew a win would seal their place in the knockout stages while a point for United would secure them top spot in the group.

As you would expect with the Red Devils’ makeshift backline Wolfsburg looked threatening going forward and should have taken the lead on 17 minutes when Andrea Barzagli headed over when unmarked from five yards.

Wolfsburg threatened again four minutes later when a cross from the right was met by Zvjezdan Misimovic, who had peeled off Fletcher, but his header went over the top of the bar while Grafite will feel hard done by when his shouts for a penalty, when Carrick slid in, were waved away.

Opener

Just as it looked like United were heading into the break on level terms they went one better and took the lead. Nani turned inside and delivered a superb cross for Owen who duly nodded home the opener.

As you would expect Wolfsburg came out of the blocks quickly at the start of the second period as news of CSKA Moscow’s opener at Besiktas begin to filter through, knocking Wolfsburg out in the process.

The German crowd did not have to wait long before they were back on level terms and the pressure that had been building on the United goal since the interval finally told.

Marcel Schafer, as he had done all night, bombed down the left and produced a fantastic cross which Edin Dzeko, who has been linked with a move to Old Trafford last week, powered past Thomas Kuszczak with his head.

However with CSKA still leading the hosts knew 1-1 would not be enough and they continued to pepper the United goal with Grafite, Misimovic and Dzeko all testing Kuszczak.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s men failed to keep the ball for prolonged periods and you began to wonder whether their makeshift backline could hold out but then, against the run of play, Owen struck once more with seven minutes remaining.

Dazzled

Second-half substitute Gabriel Obertan dazzled his marker on the left before jinking into the area. The Frenchman had the awareness to get his head up and scour the area and decided upon Owen at the back-post who only had to slide home the drilled centre into an empty net.

The goal knocked the stuffing out of hosts but news soon began to spread through that Besiktas had equalised against CSKA meaning Wolfsburg needed just one goal to qualify for the last-16.

Schafer again attacked down the left and his low centre was missed by Sascha Riether when just yards from goal.

It was to prove costly as United immediately went down the other end as Owen, who minutes before had missed a chance to secure his hat-trick, ran half the length of the pitch before dinking over the onrushing Diego Benaglio to secure his treble.

Michael Owen felt that Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Wolfsburg was a team effort despite the striker scoring all three goals.

The former Liverpool man struck a minute before half-time and added two more against the run of play in the final 10 minutes, after Edin Dzeko had equalised for Wolfsburg.

However the 29-year-old, Owen is 30 next week, admitted that United had flourished as a team after numerous injuries had decimated their defence.

Patrice Evra, United’s only recognised defender in the entire squad, started alongside Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick and Park Ji-Sung in an unfamiliar backline.

“Me getting three goals will probably grab the headlines, but it was a great team performance,” Owen, who took his season tally to seven, said.

Absentees

“I was playing deep with us having so many players out and we were trying to protect the back four.”

The win for the Red Devils made sure they finished on top of the group and Owen is now hoping for a favourable draw in the last-16.

“It’s great being top so we play at home second,” he added. “But I’m not going to lie, you want as weak a side as possible.

“If a team’s got to first or second in the Champions League, there’s no weak sides, although you obviously want to avoid the big boys.”

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