Sir Alex Ferguson tells Sir Jim Ratcliffe two vital traits next Man Utd manager must have

As unit mounts upon Erik 10 Hag, Sir Alex Ferguson has travel cleanable astir the indispensable traits that indispensable beryllium held by immoderate aboriginal manager of Manchester United

Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed 2 qualities that a manager of Manchester United indispensable have: a bully property and connection skills.

The legendary Scotsman near the nine successful 2013, and replacing his bequest has been harder than immoderate Red Devils instrumentality might've thought. Erik 10 Hag is the club's 5th imperishable manager successful the past 11 years, though it looks his clip could beryllium up with a crunch committee gathering connected the cards for Tuesday.

Ten Hag presided implicit United's worst ever Premier League decorativeness past season, and that has been followed up by an all-time worst commencement to a league run this term. Having been reportedly given the past 2 clashes against Porto and Aston Villa to prevention his job – some of which ended successful draws – Ten Hag is present staring down the tube with Thomas Tuchel reportedly enactment up to regenerate him.

Should Ten Hag depart – and a caller manager beryllium installed – Ferguson has elaborate to Sir Jim Ratcliffe and co. what the perfect campaigner indispensable person successful their locker.

"I deliberation that that manager relation has gone now," Ferguson admitted, speaking to The Go Radio Business Show with Sir Tom Hunter and Lord Willie Haughey.

"I was fortunate that I had a spell astatine United, wherever I was a manager and had power of astir parts of the nine due to the fact that I immersed myself successful it and besides – which was truly important - I had the property and the connection skills to bash that.

"It is truly important if you are going to negociate a nine the size of Manchester United: you bash request a bully personality, and you request immoderate truly bully organisational skills successful presumption of dealing with antithetic types of personalities and antithetic types of players," Ferguson decreed.

"And, also, the fans from each implicit the world, you person to beryllium alert you person to present not conscionable for your players, but for a monolithic fanbase."

The Scotsman went connected the accent the value of 1 happening that immoderate aboriginal United manager should learn, and that defines the Red Devils arsenic a club: their affinity to giving young star's an opportunity.

"I learned a batch taking that measurement from Aberdeen," Ferguson continued. "Aberdeen was comfortable, I controlled the club, it was large small club, fantastic. But, to leap from determination to United, it took maine astir 2 years to recognize what made United the nine that they were nether Sir Matt Busby, and that was a young players.

"There was nary uncertainty astir that. He created a concern wherever Manchester United were regarded and recognised arsenic a nine that would springiness young radical a chance."

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