VIEIRA WAS AN OPTION

Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted that United were interested in trying to bring Patrick Vieira back to England.

He said: 'The Italian situation was interesting because everyone wanted to find out what would happen.

'Once they were relegated, Juventus were the club everyone wanted to target.

'Milan were not affected by the ruling and their players were not leaving.

'Patrick Vieira was someone we considered but I understand he has accepted a really good deal from Inter Milan, so that is the end of it.'