Alex Ferguson On Unitedai??i??s Expensive Recruits And ai???Annoyingai??i?? Liverpool

In a recent interview with MUTV, former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson spoke about the clubai??i??s expensive summer and why it is important to back Van Gaal to lead the changes at the club.

Talking about the painful reign under David Moyes where Manchester United surrendered meekly to traditional rivals Manchester City and Liverpool, Ferguson admitted that he was completely annoyed with the team for the manner in which they lost the big games.

ai???I got annoyed when we lost to Liverpool last year. I didnai??i??t enjoy that. I donai??i??t like losing to Liverpool andAi??Manchester CityAi??last year, because they are your biggest rivals and the ones you always strive to defeat and are always in our way. Particularly Liverpool of course.ai???

Talking about the new signings and the expensive summer United has had, Ferguson admitted that the United squad was in dire need of an ai???injectionai??i?? after David Moyesai??i?? sacking.

ai???That’s the way the game is going today with fees like A?85 million forAi??Gareth Bale. I think when you can identify ability like that needed by Manchester United, they have the resources to do that. They are fees I never quite equalled but nonetheless they were needing quite a big injection this year.ai???

Speaking about the new players, Ferguson revealed that United had their eyes on Herrera and Luke Shaw for quite some time.

ai???Herrera played against us three years ago for Bilbao in the Europa League. In fairness, they gave us a right battering at Old Trafford. Heai??i??s a talented young player and we scouted him quite a lot at that time. Obviously I think they tried to get him last year but it fell through for some reason or another. Heai??i??s athletic, quite aggressive actually for a lad who has not got a great frame and heai??i??s quite slim but heai??i??s quite aggressive and he gets around the pitch.ai???

Ferguson Holds Judgement On the Big Summer Signing

ai???The signing of Shaw was the one we tried to get when he was 16 years of age. They wouldnai??i??t sell him to us but they always said weai??i??d be first to know if they ever did. Of course, Ed Woodward has carried that through and we got him for, I think it was A?30 million. Heai??i??s a talented boy, a good footballer who likes to get forward all the time.ai???

Sir Alex Ferguson also approved the signing of Rojo and Blind revealing that both were extremely important players to the squad in terms of their adaptability.

ai???Rojo, the Argentinian boy, I watched him at the World Cup, I thought he did really well for them and I think he’s capable of playing either left side as a wing-back if you like or as a centre-back.ai???

ai???Daley Blind is one of those common-sense footballers that make up a team. Heai??i??s probably a version of Darren Fletcher of a few years ago, that type of player. Heai??i??s a good professional with common sense to his game. He keeps it simple and protects the defenders and the attacking midfield players in his role.ai???

Sir Alex Ferguson however chose to not comment on Falcao who he termed as the ai???big oneai??i?? and believes that it was important to sign the Colombian on loan given the knee injury he suffered before the World Cup.

ai???The big one is Falcao who weai??i??re all waiting to see. Obviously, he has fantastic goal-scoring ability. He had his injury so getting him on loan is the right thing to do.ai???

Sir Alex Ferguson also spoke about Louis Van Gaalai??i??s policy at Old Trafford and has backed the manager to ai???clear the decksai??i?? and build his own team. The arrival of Van Gaal has coincided with the departure of several United players, especially Welbeck, whose sale to Arsenal did not go down well with certain fans.

ai???Maybe heai??i??s doing the right and correct thing, to clear the decks and build his own team, because he’s got the experience and the coaching ability to do that. And he’s got the reputation to do that. I think the way heai??i??s approached is, I think, brilliant.ai???

The former United manager also spoke about the need to back Van Gaal at the job despite him not getting the results, comparing his slow start to his own at United. Fergusonai??i??s appointee David Moyes was not backed completely by the Board some would argue but Ed Woodward and the board have rallied behind Van Gaal and have given him the players and support he asked for at the start of the summer.

ai???Heai??i??s not been getting the results that are expected but when I came to the club I didnai??i??t get the results I expected myself at the beginning. What we needed then was Sir Bobby Charlton, Martin Edwards and the board to stick by me and we had a great spell after that. Once I got settled into the club, everything was fine. Louis is going through that same process and thereai??i??s no doubt in my mind that he will sort it out.ai???

Sir Alex Ferguson has been in the news recently due to Roy Keaneai??i??s explosive autobiography in which he has torn into his former manager for the manner in which he was asked to leave Manchester United. So far Ferguson has kept quiet despite Keaneai??i??s public tirade and it remains to be seen if the former manager rises to the bait.

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Alex Ferguson On Unitedai??i??s Expensive Recruits And ai???Annoyingai??i?? Liverpool

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