Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has weaved a neat path around questions about Jose Mourinho's belief he could be the Scot's Old Trafford successor one day.

"Jose summed it up himself the other day, he is not involved in it - and I am not going to get involved in it either," said Ferguson.

Instead, the United boss will get a decent bottle of red wine out of his personal cellar with which to savour what he hopes to be a day to remember, if not a Mourinho-style touchline charge.

"Look at the ages," he smiled. "There is a difference."