WARM BALLS - WAS THE DRAW FIXED?

He continues: "The Spanish or Italian teams don’t play each other. How do you think they worked that out? They don’t want us in the final, that’s for sure. But I’m sorry, I am not listening to them."

Uefa’s director of communications, Mike Lee, dismissed Ferguson’s claims as silly. "The draw is done with a standard procedure which is open and fair and has produced some fantastic ties for the next round of this great competition," he said. "To suggest otherwise is unfortunate and silly."