After the Marlon Greenwood it was Cristiano Ronaldo “affair“, then it was time for Jadon Sancho and then it was Antony (attacking his ex-girlfriend). The last in line is Marcus Rashford with his 12 hour drinking tour in Belfast which resulted in missing the training and the FA Cup game. And it‘s now clear what everybody was preaching – the culture in Manchester United is wrong and has been for a long time, many will say since sir Alex Ferguson left the club in 2012. Nobody could remember that doing his time at Old Trafford there were so many issues with the players, but that doesn‘t mean some footballers didn‘t try. And how did sir Alex deal with it?Who is not afraid to hang up on Alex Ferguson? Darren Fletcher’s mum!Former player Robbie van Persie offers an insight during the last season the Scotsman was in charge. Many have thought that he will slow down a little, considering that it was his last year, but no, he was as firm as ever. United had a considerable advantage over Manchester City and were almost certain champions, but failed to secure the title against their bitter rivals and instead lost 2-1.“Coach Ferguson, he knew when it was necessary to act, when it was necessary, for example, to put pressure on with the discipline. During my first season, we were 15 points ahead in the league and we hosted Manchester City to win the title in April 2013. If we won this match, we would be 18 points ahead, but we lost 2-1. That still left us 12 points ahead, so most managers would not have dramatised the situation. The boss, on the other hand, was absolutely furious. It was really hot“ he told SoFoot in an interview a few years ago.🚨🎙️| Roy Keane on Marcus Rashford: “He’s 26 – we’ve all been there and made daft mistakes. I don’t think his attitude is one of not caring about the game, but his behaviour is that of an idiot.” | @WeAreTheOverlap #MUFC pic.twitter.com/bEFyBWwL7V— We All Follow ManUtd (@allfollowmanutd) February 1, 2024 What is worse, two players (and nobody in all these years revalead who they were) „dared“ to go out after the loss and the Scotsman decided to use them as an example. He somehow got their photos from the night club and posted them on the walls of the dressing room.“Ferguson then said in front of the whole team: “Okay guys, if we don’t win the championship, know that it’s because of these two a**holes who chose to go out. They got trashed by the coach, but it stayed in the locker room. It was incredible, he had pasted up lots of photos, we had the evening of the two players hour-by-hour – 2am, 3am, 4am – as if to underline the extent of their stupidity. He didn’t stop there and he warned us all: “Guys, listen up, if we don’t win the championship, it’s because these two decided to go out and have fun. From now on, if I see a player go out before we’ve lifted the trophy, that player is out. I don’t care who you are, how many trophies you’ve won so far. If you go out before the end of the season, you’re out of the team and I’ll transfer you. After that speech, we went out to train and they were the two hardest workouts of my life. 12 points ahead and that was his reaction. A manager must feel when to be tough and when to take the pressure off. This time of the season was ideal to make a rant and Sir Alex did not let the opportunity pass“ remembered Van Persie.”Marcus has taken responsibility for his actions”Luckily for those players, a couple weeks later United defeated Aston Villa 3-0 and won the title, but nobody dared to go out anyway. Or maybe they did, but Ferguson didn‘t bother to check no more. Ferguson also dropped Wayne Rooney for a game in 2011 after he indulged in a boozy Boxing Day night out before the home match against Blackburn five days later, which United lost 3-2. Rooney, who went out with team-mates Jonny Evans and Darron Gibson, was also fined a week’s wages – roughly £200,000 at the time.##NAJAVA_MECA_7838285##
