Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says they will take their next Europa League clash with Athletic Bilbao seriously.

With the first leg at Old Trafford (Thursday 3 March) , the Reds must improve on a disappointing European home record that has only yielded one victory from four outings this season. But as Sir Alex points out, he is yet to play his strongest team and promised to field a more experienced side when Bilbao come to town.

He told manutd.com: "In fairness, we have been changing the team around a bit. When we play Athletic, I think you'll find it will be a far more experienced team. Their home record is very good and we expect a very difficult game. That will be more of a challenge for us in the sense that getting the result in Ajax put us in a comfort zone, whereas we'll have to get the edge here before going to Bilbao."