Fergie wants Barca rematch

Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed he would relish another chance to take on Barcelona in the Champions League final.

After Manchester United lost to Barca in Rome, Ferguson went back to the drawing board. The Red Devils boss now wants to see if his changes have improved the team as a whole.

The Champions League group stages start in midweek and Ferguson would love nothing more than another bout with La Blaugrana at the Santiago Bernabeu next year.

"I would love the chance to redress the situation with Barcelona. Absolutely. I would love another final with them," was quoted as saying by the Daily Star.

"You look at that defeat and you can look at reasons and excuses. But it's always better to look at the reasons."

"We're now quite clear about where it went wrong and that's always helpful."

"There were valid reasons and so we were able to move on. I wouldn't go into the reasons for the defeat but I did take the DVDs with me on holiday and watched the game again."

"We went through everything too, with my backroom staff. The whole build-up. Everything. Was it the right hotel, was the training right? So we are quite clear about where we are now with that defeat."

"I quite like these games. It's not a problem. What went wrong against Barcelona can be put right. Certainly it will all be put right."

"I didn't kick myself over the summer. I have been long enough in the game to know that you can't win them all."

"Sometimes you just have to accept that bad days come along and you move on from there. It was disappointing, though."

"You don't like losing finals of European games. It was the first one I have lost so it was really disappointing for everyone."