The chairman of Celtic, Brian Quinn, has talked down the reported feud between Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and his own manager Gordon Strachan.

The two big names in the game are thought to be no great friends and both wrote autobiographies that were considerably less than complimentary about each other.

Ferguson even claimed that Strachan 'couldn't be trusted an inch' in his book and yet with the two fiery Scots about to lock horns again, Quinn is insisting that their row is over.

"Man Utd came up in the summer to play. Both men made a point of getting together," he told BBC Radio Five Live. "The relationship between the two is pretty stable at the moment."

Strachan himself has also recently denied any problems in their relationship. He told the Sunday Mirror that any history between him and Ferguson was an irrelevance to the Champions League opener, and that the pair had recently chatted in his office for 40 minutes after a pre-season friendly.

Manchester United are being widely tipped as victors, with some ex-players even fearing a drubbing for the Scottish team. However, Ferguson has warned against making the match into a 'Battle of Britain' grudge-match.

"I think the thing I have to get rid of for this match is the England v Scotland thing - we have to get rid of that completely because if we go down that road, then we will make it harder for ourselves," Ferguson said in The People.