Manchester United Cut Costs: Farewell to Alex Ferguson

In the name of a clear reduction in costs, directly desired by the co-owner of the Manchester United, Jim Ratcliffe, the legendary coach of the Red Devils, Sir Alex Ferguson, would be ready to leave the club. The Scotsman, in fact, after a long and triumphant cycle on the bench of Old Trafford lasted 27 years, since 2013 he was the team's ambassador. According to the The Athletic, the 82-year-old has reportedly reached an amicable agreement with Ratcliffe himself, thus allowing the club to save a sum that is said to be around €XNUMX. 3 million a year.

The Villa Park Prank

Manchester United themselves were involved a few days ago, during the match at Villa park of Birmingham against Aston Villa, in a joke of a Red Devils fan who had hidden a mobile phone inside the dressing room to record the coach's pre-match speech Erik Ten The Hague, without anyone from security noticing. The Sun, who confirmed the news by saying he had listened to the recording, but decided not to reveal its content. Interviewed by the tabloid, the author of the prank said he had placed the device two days before the match, and activated it with a remote voice command, then went to pick it up the following Monday. 

Voices for the bench

In short, not a rosy period for the club, also aggravated by the poor results in the championship that make ten Hag's bench shaky, with increasingly insistent rumours that the German coach would be his immediate successor. Thomas Tuchel.