Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed meeting with Pep Guardiola in New York. Last week, it broke that Ferguson would be holding talks with the former Barcelona coach in the Big Apple to discuss eventually handing the club's reigns to the Spaniard.

It was mooted Ferguson was prepared to step aside for Guardiola at the end of this season.

"I [only] talked to him for a few minutes," the United manager admitted to El Comercio while in New York yesterday.