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It will be 25 years since Sir Alex Ferguson was appointed Manchester United manager on November 6. It is also nearly a decade since he performed an abrupt U-turn on his retirement plans.
What has followed, in addition to five more Premier League titles and another Champions League triumph, has been a guessing game about when Ferguson will eventually call it a day.
With that, comes the topic of his successor. At various times, Bryan Robson, Steve McClaren, Mark Hughes, Martin O'Neill and a host of top continental bosses have been linked with the job.
"Over the years I've had the question who do I think could replace me? Now in those years, some of the coaches they were talking about to replace me don't have jobs any more.
"So it becomes very difficult because someone who I think has potential may be sacked by his club and disappear.
"I think you would need someone very experienced in the long term. But I have absolutely no idea... first of all, I'm not retiring."