Football FanCast columnist Rob Facey reacts to the news that Sir Alex Ferguson has made no retirement plans and wonders just what is driving the Great Scot on despite his advancing years.

Basking in the glory of his tenth Premier League title and standing just 90 minutes away from lifting his second European Cup before the month is through, Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson laughed off suggestions that he may want to leave the club when the season is finished.

"Retire? That wife of mine just bullies me, so she'd throw me out of the door at seven o'clock in the morning! So that's a definite no," Ferguson told The Telegraph.

"She's quite a formidable person! I am proud to have survived for so long, but it is easier for me than the rest because I am at such a great club. How would I be without this? Please tell me."

So what is it, apart from the trouble and strife, which keeps the great man interested in football?

Some have pointed about years of underachievement in Europe, but surely adding another Champions League trophy to his cabinet in a fortnight would satisfy his desires. Or does he want a hat trick?

I have a feeling it is something to do with breaking the record of domestic league titles, currently held by Liverpool. Ferguson annually tells the press of his love of the fixtures against Liverpool and hinted that he would have preferred to have faced them in Moscow than Avram Grant's Chelsea.

United currently have 17 titles, just one short of the record, although Ferguson can see the record going soon.

"This team is a good young one and has plenty of years left, so the 18th title will come. It has a lot of experience in Edwin van der Sar, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes. That kind of experience allows young players to develop."

Would equalling Liverpool's record of 18 league titles be enough for the great man or will he want to go one better?

What a way to end a magnificent managerial career than to overtake the longstanding record of his fiercest rival - although this is a minimum of two years away.

Ferguson will be 68 in two years time, how long can the great Scot go on for? And who on Earth could ever replace him?