Fergie backs Premiership clubs to shine

Alex Ferguson is convinced the four-pronged Premiership challenge is capable of bringing the Champions League trophy back to England again this season.

With Liverpool and Arsenal both reaching the final over the past two years, the English game is showing encouraging signs of getting back to the heady heights of two decades ago when, between them, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa won the tournament six times on the trot.