I'm privileged to have followed Sir Matt because all you have to do is to try and maintain the standards that he set so many years ago.

It's great news. The reality of negotiations today is that they take time. But these have always been conducted in a good spirit and we are very pleased with the outcome. We can now look forward to the future.

The lads really ran their socks into the ground.

We are very focused this time and our preparation has been better. We maybe made one or two mistakes last time, but not this time.

I think Paul Scholes is the best player in England. He's got the best skills, the best brain. No one can match him. There isn't a player of his mould anywhere in the world. Paul is irreplaceable.

You can't applaud a referee.

The most important thing in a game like that is to win it.