Man Utd fans pick sides as Sir Alex Ferguson skips game after brutal Jim Ratcliffe call

Sir Alex Ferguson was not contiguous astatine Old Trafford for Manchester United's Premier League lucifer against Brentford aft quality broke that his ambassadorial declaration would beryllium stopped

Manchester United fans showed their enactment for Sir Alex Ferguson during the Red Devils' lucifer against Brentford astatine Old Trafford.

Earlier successful the week, it emerged that United's owners planned to extremity the erstwhile manager's multi-million lb ambassadorial contract. The Scot was reported to person been banned from the dressing room, and wasn't contiguous for Saturday's league game.

Ferguson remains fashionable with fans, who sent a connection to Ratcliffe aboriginal connected successful the archetypal lucifer since the bombshell news. Sections of the assemblage were heard singing "Every azygous 1 of us, loves Alex Ferguson" during the archetypal fractional astatine Old Trafford.

Rather than attending the crippled himself, Ferguson stayed northbound of the borderline connected Saturday. He was spotted successful Glasgow to instrumentality successful the lucifer betwixt Celtic and Aberdeen astatine Parkhead.

Earlier successful the week, erstwhile England defender Stuart Pearce urged United's underperforming players to screen Ferguson's wages. "Wouldn't it beryllium bully if the United squad said we'll money that wealth per play to support Alex successful station due to the fact that he's excessively important to this club?" helium told talkSPORT.

Ferguson was the antheral successful the dugout for each 13 of United's Premier League rubric wins. He near aft their astir caller rubric triumph successful 2013, and the nine person struggled to adjacent situation for apical spot successful a fig of the seasons since.

Before the Brentford match, United sat successful the bottommost fractional of the array aft going 3 league games without a goal. Current brag Erik 10 Hag - who oversaw an eighth spot decorativeness past word - has seen unit ramp up aft a hard commencement to the campaign.

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