Ferguson craves European glory

ALEX FERGUSON has admitted that he regards Manchester United’s two European Cup wins as inadequate, given the Old Trafford club’s standing in the world game.

Going right back to his time at Aberdeen, the lure of European combat has always given Ferguson an added thrill, so it is fitting that his 1000th game in charge of the Old Trafford outfit should be in the Champions League.

Yet it remains a major source of disappointment that, despite reaching the quarter-finals seven times on the trot from 1997, United have added to their 1968 triumph under Sir Matt Busby just once, on that never-to-be-forgotten night in Barcelona six seasons ago.