TALKING THROUGH HIS ARSE AGAIN

Last updated : 02 May 2004 By Editor

'Yes, but I'm a bit younger than him! I still have time left.

'What he has done is remarkable, he's been exceptionally successful and I wouldn't deny that as I know how difficult it is to win.

'In the rivalry, I try to do as well as I can. But we are fighting against the two richest clubs in the world and it's not easy.

"Ferguson said back-to-back titles is a mark of a great team but, in our job, you are always missing something.

"If you win the championship twice, you want to win it three times.

"Last season we were close but that just made us all the more determined to win the title this time around because we felt we let it slip from our grasp.

"But the most important thing is to judge a club on consistency and the ability to stay at the top.

"In the past three seasons, we have won the title twice and the FA Cup twice. That means we have made up ground on Manchester United."