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YES, FERGIE WAS GREAT, BUT…

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
6 June 2013

CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at the true legacy of Britain’s most outstanding football manager

HOW good was Alex Ferguson? On these shores, the answer is obvious. Statistically, anecdotally and clear-as-a-bell obviously, the man was sensationally talented.
With 49 trophies over 26 years, nobody in the history of English football has dominated so completely or for so long. Nobody has stripped and rebuilt so many great sides. Nobody comes close.
But abroad? Well, ask Real Madrid president Florentino Perez. “Do we want a Ferguson?” he said when asked about a replacement fo...

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