Conte and Allegri are both quality managers, but to judge Conte only by his Champions League record and say "This season does not matter, it's the next one when he will have to prove himself in Champions League" is a bit naive if you ask me. Fergie has managed United for 27 years and has only reached the Champions League Final three times (won two, lost one). Actually his record in Europe was piss poor compared to his domestic one. Does this make him a failure? Bloody no mate. He is probably the greatest manager to have ever braced the game, took United to a new level both in football terms and financially. Left United as the richest club in the world and now, almost four years since his retirement, they are still the richest club in the world, all this while winning jack shit and missing Champions League football twice in three years.