I will not manage after United - Fergie

Alex Ferguson has again insisted he will quit management for good when he leaves Manchester United.

The long-serving Old Trafford chief is under intense pressure following Tuesday’s Champions League draw with Villarreal, which leaves the Red Devils needing to win their final match against Benfica to guarantee a place in the knock-out stage.

With United also 10 points adrift of Premiership leaders Chelsea and under financial strain following Vodafone’s decision to end their £9million-a-year shirt sponsorship deal two years early, there have been suggestions Ferguson could leave the club he first joined in 1986.

Speculation has now surfaced that Glasgow Rangers – Ferguson’s first love and the club where he spent three years as a player in the late 1960s – could approach the 63-year-old as a replacement for current boss Alex McLeish.

However, Ferguson has dismissed such talk out of hand and re-stated his desire for his current job to be his last.

“I have said it many times, when I leave Manchester United that is it,” Ferguson told BBC News 24.

“I do not need to comment on the Rangers story – I am not interested in the job one bit.”

Ferguson moved onto a one-year rolling contract last summer after turning his back on well-publicised retirement plans in 2002.