{"id":300278,"date":"2023-12-17T10:39:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T10:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=300278"},"modified":"2023-12-17T10:39:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T10:39:08","slug":"man-utd-story-about-sir-alex-ferguson-suggests-erik-ten-hags-time-could-be-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/man-utd-story-about-sir-alex-ferguson-suggests-erik-ten-hags-time-could-be-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd story about Sir Alex Ferguson suggests Erik ten Hag\u2019s time could be up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger inducted into Premier League Hall of Fame<\/h3>\n

Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson jumped at Geoff Shreeves following an interview with Cristiano Ronaldo, according to the former Sky Sports reporter. And the incident shows exactly why Erik ten Hag could be nearing the end of his time as Red Devils boss just 18 months into his Old Trafford tenure.<\/p>\n

Ferguson spent nearly 27 years as manager of the Red Devils and led the club to a whole host of honours, including 13 Premier League titles and two Champions Leagues trophies. The Scot was known to be an avid protector of his players as United hogged the headlines due to their habitual successes on the pitch.<\/p>\n

And Shreeves has retold the story of when Denis Law\u2019s daughter had to step in after Ferguson had come for him when he asked Ronaldo whether he had gone down too easily to win a penalty during a game with Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne time I did an interview with Cristiano Ronaldo which Sir Alex took exception to and he had a pop at me,\u201d Shreeves explained during an interview with bettingsites.co.uk. \u201cI had a pop back and then he physically jumped towards me. And a press officer – Dennis Law\u2019s daughter – jumped in between us and said \u2018stop this, stop this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Shreeves previously recalled the exchange in his book Cheers, Geoff! Tales from the touchline as he wrote: \u201cI asked Cristiano whether he went down easily. Ronaldo is pretty non-committal but says it was a penalty. I certainly wasn\u2019t aware of the impending explosion.<\/p>\n

\u201cSir Alex comes out of the dressing room and stalks straight towards me. ‘You and your f***ing questions, you\u2019re f***ing out of order,’ he snarled. ‘The boy hardly speaks English, you\u2019re f***ing bang out of order,’ plus even more colourful language.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Ferguson\u2019s behaviour may have been over the top at the time, it certainly illustrates the lengths he was willing to go to in order to keep his prized assets out of the firing line and away from harm. And that passion is exactly why United dominated their Premier League rivals season after season.<\/p>\n