Sir Alex Ferguson is expecting Manchester United to complete the signing of Carlos Tevez in the coming days.

The Argentine has agreed personal terms to join the Premier League champions, who are trying to resolve the issue of his registration with West Ham United and the Premier League.

Tevez's representative Kia Joorabchian is also involved in the negotiation process, but Ferguson believes the matter will conclude with the striker moving to Old Trafford.

"We have had a negotiation, it's well documented, with Carlos Tevez," said Ferguson at a press conference on Sky Sports News.

"The essential parts, it's all agreed, we're just hoping to finalise it soon.

"I thought it was going to be done by last weekend. Everything seemed perfectly okay, so the hold-up must be with the Premier League."

Ferguson also anticipates none of the problems which blighted West Ham's signing of Tevez, with the East London club fined £5.5million.

The United manager insists nothing 'dodgy' will occur in his club's quest to bring the South American to the club.

He added: "I don't know about the intricacies, I've left that to Maurice Watkins, he's dealing with that.

"I'm sure the outcome will be that we will be taking him with complete clarity in the deal, with no suspicions or anything dodgy about it.

"There is no way we can be involved in anything that's underhand at all."

Tevez's capture would complete a big-spending summer for Ferguson, who has already secured deals for Anderson, Owen Hargreaves and Nani.