He told the Sunday Mirror: “Manchester United are a far more exciting team than AC Milan. It will be a close-run thing but United have got the players to do it. But AC Milan have got an incredible determination not to be beaten. That’s what really struck me in our tie with them.
“Most of all, though, they’ve got Kaka. He is their matchwinner – he’s two-footed, he’s really quick and he’s lethal. But if United do their homework on him, and on Pirlo’s free-kicks, which I’m sure they will do, they’ll go through to the final.”