Ji-Sung Park: New contract or not? By Naveen Nayak

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said on Thursday he expects South Korean midfielder Park Ji-Sung to sign a contract extension that will keep him with the club for two more years.

"He has been offered a new contract, yes," Ferguson said. "I'm sure he'll sign it. His career at United has been nothing but excellent, a tremendous professional."And I'm sure he'll accept the new offer, and tie himself to the club for the next two years."

Park, who joined the English Premier League giants in July 2005, scored a goal in United's 7-0 friendly rout of the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday.Ferguson and his team had spent almost a week in Seattle, training at the facilities of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks before playing the Sounders of MLS..

Ferguson said the conditions will test his players on Saturday.
"We've come from the nice, cool atmosphere in Seattle to a furnace," he said.