Sir Alex Ferguson opens up on missing management 11 years on from Man Utd departure

Sir Alex Ferguson - who won 27 trophies with Manchester United - is inactive a regular look connected matchdays and besides keeps successful interaction with the coaches and players but has admitted helium misses the day-to-day of management

Legendary erstwhile Manchester United brag Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed helium misses being a manager arsenic helium gave a uncommon interrogation 11 years aft leaving the Old Trafford dugout.

The 82-year-old is the astir palmy manager successful United's past aft lifting 13 Premier league titles and 38 trophies wide - including 2 Champions Leagues triumphs - leaving down an unthinkable bequest that saw immoderate of the biggest names successful shot go superstars astatine the club.

However, the Red Devils person struggled to replicate the Scot's occurrence since his departure aft a fig of managers failing to travel successful his footsteps and bring glory backmost to the nine - with David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer each being sacked.

Sir Alex is inactive a regular look connected United matchdays - portion besides keeping successful interaction with Erik 10 Hag's coaching unit and players - and helium has present spoken to BBC Breakfast astir beingness aft status and however it feels to beryllium distant from the touchline.

He said helium had "found a mode of adjusting" aft retiring earlier being asked if helium ever missed the time to time of being the manager - having been truthful palmy with United.

"Yeah, I miss it sometimes," helium said. "I deliberation the archetypal twelvemonth aft retirement, I went to the European last and I said to Cathy 'this is what I miss' - large games, the European games.

"So past I went to astir of the European finals due to the fact that I find thing I tin subordinate to, thing I would liked to person done each day. Because these are the large events that United should ever beryllium progressive in."

Sir Alex suffered a encephalon haemorrhage successful 2018 and underwent exigency country and antecedently spoke retired astir however helium was "terrified" helium mightiness ne'er talk again oregon that helium whitethorn endure representation problems.

He was speaking the BBC to beforehand National Playlist Day, an lawsuit that celebrates utilizing a euphony playlist to assistance those suffering with dementia - arsenic helium discussed the things helium does to support active.

"Fortunately my representation is rather good, commune the lord and interaction wood it volition enactment that way," helium added.

'I work a lot, I bash quizzes, and I deliberation that helps, determination is the YouTube quizzes with 100 questions and if I don't get 70 per cent I'm struggling."

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