(See? Even Alex doesn’t like himself)
Ok, before we start complaining about the most irritatingly smug person in football let’s just say this for the record:
This blog, like everyone else in football, admires Ferguson for his achievements on the pitch. The man has made Manchester United one of the best clubs around and when he goes there will be a void a Old Trafford of a similar stature as Shankly at Liverpool or Clough at Nottingham Forest.
The man has won everything to win in football and when he leaves he will have left the club one of the richest in the world; overseen huge developments in Old Trafford’s infrastructure and man-managed some of the greatest idols in footballing history like Roy Keane, Eric Cantona and Rooney and Ronaldo of today’s crop (who are undeniably on their way to idol status, if they haven’t already achieved it).
It’s just that he can’t stop rubbing it in peoples’ faces. Humility has never been Sir Alex’s forte, but surely he doesn’t feel that his achievements are not recognised often enough
In the last two weeks, Ferguson has said the following about Manchester United:
