Manchester United boss, Sir Alex Ferguson, has branded the Football Association's plan to implement more vigilant drug testing in football, as a "nuisance".

One of the new proposals will compel players to notify testers of their whereabouts for an hour a day.

"It will cost the Football Association a fortune and the implementation will be very difficult," said Ferguson on the BBC website.

"You have to notify the FA where that player will be for one hour that day so if they want to test them or see them, they know the address," said Ferguson.

"There are some occasions where you look at your team and think maybe I will give them this day off'. We then have to start notifying the FA that the players are not in training and give them addresses where they might be.

"That player might be sitting in the house and decide to go shopping. They might even forget," he said.

The new proposals also include players being tested at their homes, a move, which has been opposed by the Professional Footballers' Association.

"We feel to invade the privacy of a player's home is a step too far," said PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor, also on the BBC website.

He added: "If we complain about anything to do with drug-testing people think we might have something to hide, but football's record is extremely good and there has been a virtual absence of any performance-enhancing drugs over decades."

The testing reforms aim to bring football in line with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code. The scheme is expected to start next season.