New CSKA Moscow Signing Zoran Tosic: Sir Alex Ferguson Never Gave Me A Chance At Manchester United

Serbian frustrated by lack of opportunities...

By Matt Monaghan

New CSKA Moscow winger Zoran Tosic has slammed Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson for not giving him a fair chance at the club.

The Serbia World Cup 2010 player joined the Old Trafford outfit in January 2009 but only picked up five Premier League appearances before being sold.

After impressing on loan at Cologne last term, he had expected to be given a second chance, but this hope was dashed when a reported fee of £8 million was agreed with the Russians, who made the Champions League quarter-finals.

Speaking to the CSKA website, Tosic expressed his frustration, saying: "I'm already 23, but Manchester United didn't give me a chance to prove myself.

"Obviously, I'm an athlete, I have ambition, but I want to show myself on the pitch, not on the bench. That's the main reason I left.

"CSKA Moscow, in my opinion, are quite a famous club, consistently playing in European competition and fighting for the Russian League title."