Aulas' remark is a thinly-veiled attack on the alleged Ibrox drinking culture that ruined Paul Le Guen's reign at Rangers. The Stade Gerland president is a close friend of Le Guen who, he feels, didn't have a chance of succeeding in Glasgow because of the attitudes in the dressing room.

Aulas made no attempt to disguise the fact he feels Ferguson was ringleader.

And the cheeky chairman says he'll head for the skipper's hotel room tonight to ply him full of the hard stuff ahead of tomorrow's Champions League crunch.

He said: "We're going to take care of Ferguson before the match.

"I'm going to go up to the Rangers hotel and bring Mr Ferguson a little gift to show our admiration.