I tell the players that the bus is moving. This club has to progress. And the bus wouldn't wait for them. I tell them to get on board.

As with every young player these days, Ronaldo is 18.

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.

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.

But there is always that unpredictability about a derby match and that's what it was today.

He has an awareness of what's happening around him on the edge of the box which is better than most players. As a kid he always had a knack of arriving in the penalty area just at the right time, but he's proving just as effective from outside the box because he's using his experience in the right way. It doesn't matter who I am thinking about bringing into my midfield, Paul Scholes will be included, as he would in any side in the world.

If ever there was one player, anywhere in the world, that was made for Manchester United, it was Cantona. He swaggered in, stuck his chest out, raised his head and surveyed everything as though he was asking: 'I'm Cantona. How big are you? Are you big enough for me?'