You can argue as much as you like.' I called him in the next day to go through the video and he still would not accept his mistake. Of course he rose to have a go at me and the players stopped him. I moved towards him, and as I approached I kicked a boot. Between us on the floor lay a row of boots. What Sir Alex said: "He was around 12 feet from me. After a poor display against Arsenal that had seen Beckham fail to track back for a goal by Sylvain Wiltord, Ferguson criticised him in the dressing-room but the player refused to take the blame. But it was a January 2003 clash that proved the end of the line. He describes in the book his bemusement at the player's unwillingness once to take off a beanie hat for two days because he did not want to reveal a new haircut before he took to the pitch. With Ole Gunnar Solskjaer displacing him as a regular on United's right wing and Ferguson believing the England captain was becoming increasingly distracted by his celebrity lifestyle, Beckham was offloaded to Real Madrid in the summer of 2003.įerguson long had reservations about Beckham, expressing a concern that he was "being swallowed up by the media or publicity agents". 'Bootgate' was the final nail for Beckham.īackground: David Beckham's Old Trafford departure has been well documented. I said: 'If I do that, all my honour's gone, everything's gone for me, and I don't care if you have to sit in the stands… I will not let you leave this year." "I did well to calm him down, I told him the reason I was refusing to sell him that year was because of Calderon. I said, 'I know you want to go to Real Madrid but I'd rather shoot you than sell you to that guy now.' What Sir Alex said: "I went to Carlos' house in Portugal to find the boy expressing an urge to go to Real Madrid, and told him: 'You can't go this year, not after the way Calderon has approached this issue. I wouldn't sell them a virus." Calderon was the man at the centre of his ire and he told Ronaldo he had to stay at Old Trafford, such was Ferguson's desire to avoid doing business with the Madrid president. Ferguson, however, was not amused by the public pursuit, famously saying in December of 2008: "Do you think I would get into a contract with that mob. Los Blancos president Ramon Calderon was happy to declare to the media that he was making moves to bring Ronaldo to the Bernabeu, while it became apparent that the player himself had a long-standing ambition to move to the Spanish giants. Ronaldo forced to stay an extra year to spite Ramon Calderonīackground: After a momentous 2007-08 season in which he had established himself as the best player on the planet, Ronaldo was publicly courted by Real Madrid. Here, ESPN FC picks out four of the most noteworthy in Sir Alex's memoir. But there is space for some revelations in 'My Autobiography'. Wayne Rooney and David Beckham are among those lauded and lamented almost in equal measure. For while it is indeed laced with barbs at former players and opposition managers, most are also tempered with gushing praise. Those expecting an explosive account of Sir Alex Ferguson's final 14 years at Manchester United may be a tad disappointed with his autobiography.
0 kommentar(er)
