Gill bullish on United future

MANCHESTER UNITED chief executive David Gill has blasted out a warning to big-spending Premiership rivals Chelsea — ‘You can’t buy fans and you won’t get our manager either’.

Chelsea's failure to land Sven-Goran Eriksson as a summer replacement for Claudio Ranieri has reopened speculation about who will fill the impending Stamford Bridge vacancy.

Alex Ferguson was already sounded out about the job earlier this season and there has been talk the Scot could be tempted to end his managerial career in London, despite only recently signing a rolling extension to his current contract which expires next summer.

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