West Ham boss David Moyes has revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson sent a message to Jesse Lingard, with the Manchester United starccurrently on loan at the London club. Lingard fell out of favour under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at the theatre of dreams and took the opportunity to pursue regular football […]
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Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has revealed that the only advice he got from Sir Alex Ferguson when he was manager of Manchester United was to sign Dele Alli. Jose Mourinho made the confession to his chairman Daniel Levy in a meeting which was shown on the Amazon Prime Video documentary All or Nothing. […]
Former Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney claims Sir Alex Ferguson’s “suicidal” tactics led to the Red devils’ Champions League final defeats against Barcelona. The two teams met each other in the two finals in Rome and at Wembley, with Barca emerging winners on both occasions with 2-0 and 3-1 victories respectively. Ferguson […]
Jurgen Klopp was persuaded to turn down Manchester United’s overtures by his wife, two years before he accepted the challenge of rebuilding Liverpool and guiding them to being Premier League champions. With Sir Alex Ferguson retiring at the end of the 2012/13 campaign, Ed Woodward identified Pep Gaurdiola and Klopp […]
Sir Alex Ferguson delivered a bizarre chess-inspired team talk ahead of Manchester United’s 2008 Champions League final victory over Chelsea, explaining to them how much he believed in them. According to former United midfielder Darren Fletcher, Ferguson referenced the depth of the ‘great’ squad – with player like Louis Saha […]
Sir Alex Ferguson claimed to be “99 per cent sure” that Cristiano Ronaldo would return to the club and Gareth Bale would join from Tottenham before heading retiring in 2013, says Patrice Evra. Having previously backtracked on a decision to walk away from coaching, the legendary manager rocked the sporting world when he stepped down […]
Sir Alex Ferguson wanted Mauricio Pochettino to be given the job at United ahead of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – and the Old Trafford icon is ‘hurt’ that club board no longer rely on his opinion. The former Red Devils boss achieved remarkable success at Old Trafford and lifted 38 trophies […]
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Sir Alex Ferguson would be welcome to give a team talk to his United squad before Sunday’s game against Liverpool. United entertain Jurgen Klopp’s men at Old Trafford this weekend and will be looking to put a dent in their title bid, as well as helping […]
Sir Alex Ferguson revealed he met with current Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola in September 2012 to offer him the opportunity to take over at United, a throwback documentary reveals. The 77-year-old was in charge at United for 26 years, winning 38 trophies, including 13 Premier League titles, five FA […]
Sir Alex Ferguson was admitted to hospital on Friday night and has undergone brain surgery. The legendary Manchester United manager was in attendance at Old Trafford last Sunday and even presented Arsene Wenger with a commemorative vase, following his decision to call it quit at Arsenal at the end of […]