Ferguson talks of Scholes:
"Paul regards family life as very important.
"He knows the travelling with the international team is tremendous and coming to his age, I think he felt it was time to give more time to his family. That is the reason he gave up international football.
"His form this season has been absolutely fantastic and now we are getting him back fresh after a little break."
Mark Hughes:
"I think United will win.
"Chelsea will run them very close, but I sense United have a real desire and a hunger to win the league this season, and that will take them over the line.
"They've been in this position before, a number of players know what it takes at this stage of the season to win titles and that is what will help them.
About Scholes, Giggs and Neville:
"It's fantastic because, more often than not in days gone by, once you got to 30, you were history.
"But they're special players, and credit to them as professionals that they are still playing.
"When you are at a club of the stature of Manchester United, it's in your own interests do everything in your power that you stay there for as long as you can.
"These days, with the amount of information out there in terms of preparation, nutrition and looking after yourself, everything these guys need, and need to know, is at their disposal.
"That is why they are playing at such a high standard for longer."
BBC:
Manchester United entertain Blackburn looking for the victory that will take them one match nearer to the crowning as champions of England for the 16th time in their history. The treble chasers are on the joint longest current winning run in the highest League, bidding for a seventh successive top flight victory and ninth in a row at home. If achieved, they'll re-establish their nine point advantage over Chelsea, who don't play at Watford until 1715 hours, thus leaving themselves needing just five more wins and a draw from their seven remaining matches to be guaranteed a first Premiership title in four seasons and record breaking ninth altogether.
The Red Devils are hunting for a 20th home game in League and Cup without defeat from their 800th top flight match under Sir Alex Ferguson. They've already won twice as many Premiership matches than Blackburn this season (24 to 12).
A well taken goal from Louis Saha secured the points in the reverse fixture in November, which has given the Red Devils the chance of 'doubling' Rovers for the fourth time in the Premiership, and first since 1997-98.
Blackburn Rovers have the toughest of all fixtures for their 250th away game in the Premier League all time with this visit to the Theatre of Dreams. The FA Cup semi-finalists have had a fortnight to ponder on a 2-1 home defeat by relegation haunted West Ham last time out.
Mark Hughes plots tactics against his old master, knowing that defeat could see Rovers dropping out of the top half of the table. They've already lost more Premiership games than they've won (won 12, lost 14) and lie six points outside the top six Uefa Cup places.
David Bentley, who was sent off against West Ham two weeks ago, scored a hat-trick in a seven-goal thriller in this corresponding fixture last season. It was Blackburn's first victory in 12 Premiership visits to Old Trafford.