No one will stop Tevez joining and we will win the Champions League again, says Fergie

United's lawyers are still working with the Premier League to complete the £30million transfer of Argentina forward Tevez, 23. Ferguson says the deal will be completely transparent — unlike the murky nature of his arrangement with West Ham, which led to them being fined £5.5m.

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You're mine: Ferguson is confident of signing Tevez, pictured in Venezuela yesterday

Ferguson is confident that the arrival of Tevez, Owen Hargreaves and youngsters Nani and Anderson this summer will give his squad the depth they need to improve on last season's Champions League semi-final exit.

The United manager said: "I think this gives us a really strong squad next year. That maybe was our downfall last season. When we got into the final part of the season we just didn't have enough in the squad to handle all the competitions we were in.

"Hopefully, the additions of Hargreaves and Nani and Anderson, and the other signing we hope to make, soon will lead to a promising season for us.

"Last season we reached the final of the FA Cup, the semi-final of the European Cup as well as the league and had a great opportunity to win things. But we just didn't have enough bodies to stretch our squad out and save legs where we could have saved legs. Now we have a much stronger squad.

"Last season was the third Champions League semi-final we have failed in and we don't like that. We think we should be doing better and signing these players does give us a bigger chance."

Hargreaves and Nani were unveiled at United's training ground yesterday and will join United on their pre-season tour of Asia this weekend.

Tevez, on Copa America duty with Argentina in Venezuela, remains the hot topic as the Premier League continue to insist that United deal with his current club West Ham, rather than the player's "owner", businessman Kia Joorabchian.

Ferguson said: "I don't know the intricacies of it but I'm sure the outcome will be that we will be taking Tevez with complete transparency in the deal with no suspicions and nothing dodgy about it.

"There is no way that we can be involved in anything underhand. I think there's a transparency there now. We are clearer about the situation.

"I thought it was going to be done by the weekend but there has been a delay. It must be the Premier League holding it up.

"That's the only thing I can imagine is holding it up because as far as I was aware, everything else was OK."

Ferguson warned that some of his players will have to be patient when it comes to their place in the team, particularly with such an influx of talent.

He said: "Yes, it's going to take management. But I think players understand that in order to challenge for everything you do need a strong squad and it means that they don't play all the games.

"No one will play all the games next year and hopefully they accept that and move on to the business of trying to achieve success for us.

"I don't expect anybody to leave but it may happen because some players will view the situation and think maybe they won't get enough games to satisfy them."