Fergie:
"Roy is 34 years of age and it's the same for everyone else, we will assess it at the right time. Roy knows that and his agent knows that. We were never going to negotiate with Roy at this moment in time.
"That was decided long ago between his agent and United chief executive David Gill. His contract is up at the end of the season but we knew that three years ago, we knew it two years ago and we knew it last year."