Former Manchester United defender Viv Anderson expects Sir Alex Ferguson to carry on next season.

With United chief executive David Gill last week announcing that he will step away from the role he has held for almost 10 years at the end of the season, questions have been raised as to whether 71-year-old Ferguson will have the desire to go on.

But former United and England defender Anderson, who played under Ferguson from 1987-91, told the Daily Express: "There is no chance in a million years that Sir Alex will retire this summer. He loves the football club. He lives and breathes it. Only recently he said that he is good for another couple of years. He won't retire even if he wins those two trophies."