During his 26 years as chief, believes Ferguson that he only had four … – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): Manchester United’s former manager Sir Alex Ferguson is these days there with his new book “Leading”.

During his 26 years as United boss from 1986 to 2013, he led the club to including 13 Premier League titles, two Champions League triumphs, five FA Cup titles and a World Cup gold for club teams.

But even though he experienced great success with the red team in Manchester, so believes Ferguson that he during his time at the club only had four players who he ranks as world class players:

– not criticism

Cristiano Ronaldo, Eric Cantona, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes.

– I do not mean to denigrate or criticize some of the great players who played for me during my 26 years career at United, but there were only four which were world class players, says Alex Ferguson – and rattles off the quartet that gets the honorable designation.

The printer Mail Online.

Ronaldo the best

– And obviously was Ronaldo krona on the Christmas tree, he says about the Portuguese he paid 12.5 million pounds to Sporting Lisbon for in 2003 and sold to Real Madrid for 80 million pounds six years later.

Ronaldo with Barcelona’s Lionel Messi the only Scot believes are world class players today.

Ferguson acknowledges, however, that the list to be called a world class player sits high in his book.

– If you read the newspapers or hear on television commentators, so it may seem as if we swam over the world players.

Dropped Rooney

It is easy to agree with Ferguson in his four selected falls into the category of “world class”, but many would probably also let themselves be surprised that the Scot will not use the same term for the second Manchester United legends like Wayne Rooney, David Beckham, Rio Ferdinand – and maybe even Bryan Robson, Roy Keane and Peter Schmeichel at its best.

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Robson, Keane and Steve Bruce will, however, praised by Ferguson gets his importance to the club.

– Players Bryan Robson, Roy Keane and Steve Bruce had great influence and impact.

– They were not players with big egos. They were not the best players, but they had a lovely desire, Ferguson said at the book launch at the Royal Festival Hall – the first of four days of launch of the book is written in cooperation with the businessman Sir Michael Moritz.