United to push for financial controls  Manchester United, Latest
news update:  Manchester United will step up their campaign for
greater financial controls in the Premier League later this
week.  United are one of the prime movers in an effort to extend
UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations throughout England's top
flight. In a conference call on Tuesday to outline the Red
Devils' first-quarter financial performance, United executive
vice-chairman Ed Woodward revealed the matter was on the agenda
of a meeting of Premier League clubs later this week. He
insisted the policy was not being driven by self-interest in
terms of limiting the players rival clubs could buy, but the
need to ensure vast amounts of money coming into the Premier
League are not used for chronic overspending, as was the case at
Portsmouth. "It is not trying to restrict teams from competing
for players," said Woodward. "The reality is Premier League
teams, as a collective group of 20 clubs, are extremely well off
compared to other European t