Some excerpts from Sir Alexs latest autobiography: 1. Fergie on Beckham: “He lost the chance to become an absolute top-dog player ... he never attained the level of an absolute top player” 2. Ferguson on the influences that changed Beckham: “The big problem for me ... he fell in love with Victoria and that changed everything’ 3. Rooney told Ferguson in 2010 to sign Mesut Ozil. Ferguson: My reply was that it was none of his business who we should have gone for. In 2010, before Rooney signed a lucrative contract extension with the club, he claimed United lacked ambition and told Ferguson he was disappointed they had not pursued Mesut Ozil at Werder Bremen. Ferguson told Rooney that was none of his business. 4. Ferguson says Owen Hargreaves was a disaster: One of the most disappointing signings of my career. 5. Ferguson on Keane MUTV interview: “If Id let it pass, the players would have viewed me differently ... Roy absolutely overstepped his mark 6. Ferguson writes two paragraphs on Rock of Gibraltar affair. It was a “misunderstanding on both sides”. Refused to discuss it at presser. 7. Stand-out revelation from Alex Fergusons autobiography: I had a lovely painting in my office that Kieran Richardson did. 8. Ferguson said Beckham swore at him before kicking boot at his face in 2003: He rose to have a go at me and the players stopped him. He was around 12 feet from me. Between us on the floor lay a row of boots. Beckham swore. I moved towards him & I kicked a boot. 9. David Beckham thought he was bigger than Alex Ferguson. You cannot have a player taking over the dressing room. 10. Keane leaving was the best thing that could have happened 11. David Beckham was only player I managed who chose to be famous 12. He also says he was offered England job twice before Kevin Keegan and Sven Goran Eriksson were appointed. 13. Sir Alex says Wayne Rooney asked to leave club during summer but he left situation with David Moyes. 14. Ronaldo was the most gifted player I managed 15. “It amazed me that Rafa Benitez used to walk into press conferences & say he had no money to spend. He was given plenty 16. When United played Liverpool after Hillsborough report release in 2012, Ferguson told his players: No provocative goal celebrations. 17. Sir Alex on 1-6 loss against City: After the final whistle I informed the players they had disgraced themselves. 18. “The hardest part of Roy Keane’s body is his tongue 19. Sir Alex on Robin van Persie: He took a lower wage to come to place where he could be most successful. 20. Fergie: I always remember Arsene saying to me about RVP: You dont realise what a good player youre getting. Arsene was right.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 18:35:53 +0000
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