"The great thing for us is that this team can be together for a few years yet. The only exception to that being Roy Keane, who will be 34 this year. He obviously doesn't have the physical drive he once did but that is only to be expected of somebody who has clocked up such mileage, but the other veterans are good for a considerable time yet.
"Paul Scholes is 30 and could play for another five years. Ryan Giggs is 31, but he's naturally very fit and could play another three or four years.
"The others are all a very good age and, of course, we have some very young ones, like Ronaldo, Rooney and Fletcher, who can only get better with experience."