Scotland boss Alex McLeish has revealed his ex-colleague Sir Alex Ferguson is in good spirits, recovering from a brain surgery.

Last Friday marked the 35 year of their former club Aberdeen's 2-1 win over Real Madrid in the European Cup Winner's Cup final.

Legendary Manchester United manager hasn't forgotten about it and reminded McLeish as well.

"We are very close from our time working together and I've been kept up to speed by his boys.", McLeish said.

"On the anniversary of Gothenburg I texted Mark, his oldest son, and said, 'Tell the gaffer Happy Gothenburg day.'

"He texted back, 'You'll never believe it, I'm in the hospital with him right now. He's asking about your passback'. And I replied, 'Typical! What about my assist for Eric Black's opener?'"