With Somerset having qualified for the Champions League in India as losing finalists in the domestic Twenty20 Cup, he admitted that his decision to tour abroad for the first time in three years was a risk.

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The Americans are off this summer, having qualified automatically for the 2014 World Cup of Basketball in Spain by winning Olympic gold.

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However, with United having already qualified for the knock-out stages of the Champions League, Ferguson's biggest concern is the Premier League encounter with Villa.

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