Manchester United chief David Gill says the prospect of Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement is not on the radar. Gill insists the issue has not been raised.

He told the US-based radio station Sirius XM: "He is on a rolling contract for a year but seriously I've not discussed this issue with him for quite a while. He works and enjoys it, he talks about his health, he looks after himself in terms of the gym and exercise and all of that, he delegates well to the team around him and so long as that desire and enthusiasm is still there it sort of becomes a non-issue.

"Obviously at some stage Alex will retire, whenever that may be. What we're doing with him, with his coaches and scouts, is getting a great squad with the right age profile so that a new manager coming in - yes, he will probably want to change one or two players, that's always the way, or two or three - but he won't need to make wholesale changes.

"There'll be a sensible transition to the new manager. So that's where we're at. As I say, it's not something we worry about. We worry about other things but we don't worry about that."