The reaction when Sir Alex Ferguson announced his retirement

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Sir Alex Ferguson’s 26 and half year reign of Manchester United came to end when he announced his retirement on May 8th 2013. The Scotsman had won his 13th Premier League title 2 weeks earlier. Graeme Souness, Glenn Hoddle & Gary Neville discussed the decision and where United would go from here.
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[@SkySportsRetro]

What other reactions do you want to see?

[@Jonathan-tq9cm]

When Jose left chelsea first time

[@ay613]

When spurs made Champions league. 2010

[@Roscododger]

De Bruyne signing for City!!!

[@Chris-oz9qx]

Mine when my wife didn’t complain about me being home late.

[@Jackfr4]

Pundits reaction to Ronaldos free kick vs Portsmouth

[@ollieevans7284]

Souness: “Ferguson has been a great icon of the Premier League era; mainly because he let Pogba leave the Premier League.”

[@johnmartinez7440]

😑

[@wescanada6]

Maybe that should tell us something

[@jeffybalpier7334]

alex is a legend because he won 13 epl title and 2 uefa champions league.alex wont dealt with stupid player like paul pogba.he will buy player in the epl .

[@Jordan-yx2ek]

gooood one 😶

[@ollieevans7284]

jeffy balpier It was a joke dummy 😂😂😂

[@s.o2864]

See you after 10 years when this is recommended to me again outta nowhere

[@ay613]

This comment could blow here so if so remember us when we defeated Corona.

[@jacilund2159]

I was here

[@jacilund2159]

@Bl Xbn ok

[@alvinpoku]

@@ay613 yes

[@anassjebali5684]

I wonder how united will be in 10 years

[@alm31]

Sir Alex Ferguson has retired Souness: "Yes, Pogba is just not good enough"

[@josemourinho2820]

A M so accurate I can hear this

[@jaker6363]

Deeeeeeaaaaaddddd joke

[@boycie2.099]

😂😂

[@upthereds8259]

He’s not wrong though

[@barryb90]

Ferguson let him go though haha

[@nanaquashie]

If someone had said they would have gone 7 seasons without a league title, I would have laughed!

[@manchesterunitedclips162]

Liverpool #19 #backonourperch 7 we last won it in 2013

[@sultanqurban4615]

@Nana Quashie same was said about Liverpool in 1990

[@kashibkhan6244]

Jose Mourinho ur still one behind

[@trunksstuff3112]

Kashib khan united have won 20 liverpool have won 19. We are one above Liverpool Still

[@kashibkhan6244]

Trunks Stuff yes I know that’s why I said they’re not back on their perch yet

[@danielhaslam5179]

Proportion of comments: 70% Overused Souness-Pogba joke. 25% “Look at United now” 5% Other

[@nigelnyoni8265]

You've got to ask yourself, could Pogba have done more to prevent these jokes from trending? I mean, look at United now, the fans are in the comments section of an old video complaining about the current state of the team! Again, Pogba is just not doing enough.

[@zekisaribulak10]

Its still funny mate. Let people have some fun. Y'all people r overreacting. Relax.

[@danielhaslam5179]

@@zekisaribulak10 Oh I’m just fine. I just find it funny how much people overuse that same joke 😂

[@Diamond_Devil423]

@@nigelnyoni8265 no mate u have to ask yourself why is souness envy,hate & racial bias of pogba so overpowering that he just can't help himself ,He has deep seeded issue m8

[@joseph1980.]

I'm one of the 5% other.... a Liverpool fan..... 6 Times my friend ^ times. We were winning European cups back when City couldn't win a raffle. Only won the league by cheating, fined 40 mil first time and was hurled out of the Champions league the second, scuttled around and got it over turned but the truth was out son. `i wish you well and if we don't win the league I hope city do as its a knife in the back for the dreaded Man U whoppers.

[@matt_crawford]

Souness: "Yes Sir Alex has chosen to leave the club but you've got to ask yourself, does Pogba look like he wants to be there? It's Pogba lack of commitment to the club thats more concerning"

[@johnmartinez7440]

Dead joke.

[@DaddyDoodleDay]

Matt = Dead

[@Jay-vs4fi]

Cus they're crap without fergie

[@rohithraman6488]

It's like Roy Keane Ireland players: We got robbed of a World Cup place. Thierry Henry handballed it! Keane: But why didn't you clear it? That's most inportant.

[@MyNameIsKhan25]

😂😂😂😂

[@bensmith5123]

“The team should only get better” if only he knew 😂😂

[@samuelhawes6735]

I actually don't know what he was talking about... Half the best players in that team were over 30 year's old.

[@ciarangreaney1265]

@@samuelhawes6735 yeah I agree, most united fans probably thought one more year of that team and that would be it, in came moyes and the club didn't back him and he lost the dressing room and so began the disastrous few years since

[@niallireland2940]

@@samuelhawes6735 still had more trophy’s in them you don’t just fall of a cliff after losing the season on gd and then running away with it the next year , moyes ruined united didn’t know how to manage star players and players of a certain age Rio for one . You don’t replace champion staff with shitty Everton staff and tactics , people always made the assumption united had all the best player not true we had fergie who made average players great and feel 10 ft tall . You can see kloop doing it at Liverpool now with the like of Henderson

[@JohnMiller-bc6bi]

Liverpool was in the same position after Dalglish stepped aside, the problem was Souness was an awful replacement and shook the foundation of the club which took them many years to recover from. United made the same mistake with the Moyes appointment and still haven't fully recovered from that appointment to this day.

[@samwize28]

90% of the problems post SAF is Woodward. Had a half competent recruitment director been involved - Moyes would have picked up his targets that summer (Thiago/Fabregas/Baines) and who knows what would have happened. Instead he got deadline day Fellaini. It’s been the same story since to this day

[@cadajada]

"100% certain that a new man will be his choice as well." And will that be a good thing for Man Utd? "Oh yeah"

[@g-roy23]

In fairness to Moyes it’s not as if those that came afterwards up until Ole did a great deal better, expecting United to be exactly the same or near enough was never going to be the case. It’s not as if Moyes was a bad choice at the time anyway, Everton were pretty much firmly that team between the top 6 and the rest, fair play to Ferguson wanting to personally pick him, yes in the end it didn’t work out however I’d put that more down to the instant high expectations up top than Moyes himself.

[@greatestanalyser2354]

Tbh Moyes wasn’t his first choice

[@footballnerd277]

He single-handedly destroyed everything he built by picking Moyes as his successor.

[@jonozambrotta6048]

@@g-roy23 are u trying to see Olly at the wheel is doing a great job,???

[@footballnerd277]

@@g-roy23 What do you mean "until Ole" Moyes spent £70 million, finished on 64 points and reached a champions league quarter final Ole spent £200 million, finished on 66 points

[@mw3sharpshooter]

"You've just gotta look and ask could Pogba have done more here to stop Sir Alex from retiring"

[@jeffybalpier7334]

ronaldo can

[@timowerner6518]

@@jeffybalpier7334 ronaldo is the goat

[@lorcanmckee6829]

"He's got a team that appears to be going forward" lol. Ferguson clearly knew it was time to go

[@Player1IeMaynooth]

Sadly Moyes didnt take his advise. Brought is mid table backroom staff with him and united ended up mid table. No surprise. Moyes should have made less changes at the club at the start and embraced what ferguson had built.

[@becksketchbook9846]

moyes mistake costly

[@mmw4990]

Ferguson squeezed everything out of that last season. He left that club right on the precipice of collapse. He knew exactly what he was doing and let Moyes take the fall and make him look even better. maybe I'm too cynical but that's what I thought at the time and I haven't changed my mind since

[@becksketchbook9846]

@@mmw4990 Still he inherit a champion team.. moyes mistake when he change everything in the club...

[@mmw4990]

@@becksketchbook9846 it was a shit team with aging players. He couldn't possibly have changed that much in a few months

[@becksketchbook9846]

@@mmw4990 shit team? they won premier league with 4 games to go.. How can champion crumbled like that in 1 season after moyes in charge,

[@isaacvilly1021]

I celebrated this being a Liverpool fan...while he was still manager I hated him but after his retirement I could finally say what an absolute legend he'll go down as.

[@drSvensen]

As a United fan I felt the same about Gerrard.

[@Madkroniik]

and now Klopp :)

[@kendall_knows_best2872]

Beat me to it 😂 ​@@Madkroniik

[@aymaanchowdhury81]

And United were never the same ever again

[@rashidbinzamanshaan5841]

@@WakaWaka2468 Ole is good but not that good. Plus he doesn't have dedicated players like SAF & Busby had.

[@tyIenoI]

Liam Gallagher United fans are so deluded lmfaoo

[@footballnerd277]

@@WakaWaka2468 Ole spent £200 million to finish ahead of Leicester. The money is what got you up to 3rd. Tactically, Ole is clueless.

[@aymaanchowdhury81]

@@WakaWaka2468 Ole is overrated. If Moyes and Mourinho were given the same budget and same time they'd do BETTER -Just imagine United's position had Lampard not had a ban(not to mention his second season only) -Brendan Rodgers did a better job with Leicester given he had no budget

[@silloweet]

Liam Gallagher smh

[@adammac4960]

I am a Newcastle United fan and us geordies hated him and Manchester United but looking back in that wonderful era when the premier league began in the 90s I am so glad I got to witness the excitement and passion and character of this manager and all the players who played during footballs golden era. I miss him to be fair what a legend. We don’t have the Roy Keanes, Alan shearers, gianfranco Zolas, Thierry Henry’s. Patrick vieiras, Cantonas etc anymore. Its like watching love island play football.

[@sib1930]

We also had Robbie Fowler, Steve Mcmanaman and the spice boys in the 90s. Ur point?

[@sib1930]

Footballs golden era was the 70s and 80s also ur a newcaslte fan. This is ur best period right now

[@stephenreddin]

Hahahahahaha - what a comment ‘love island’

[@LiamTalksFootball]

Legendary manager one of the best of all time

[@mikeytucker4129]

IKR

[@Jonathan-tq9cm]

The beat imo

[@SpotlessLeopard]

@A . B Shah Are you mental?

[@Jonathan-tq9cm]

@A . B Shah hes way better than wenger

[@EdgyEdG]

A . B Shah he was miles better than Wenger.

[@X2X_618]

Wouldn’t be surprised if Souness blamed Sir Alex’s retirement on Pogba to be honest

[@LiamTalksFootball]

😂😂😂

[@alextelles1589]

😂😂😂

[@TR-xd1ui]

😂😂😂

[@end_games1306]

“Pogba is the reason Ferguson left. I’m surprised that he even made it this far. Cleverly should’ve never been sold”

[@Jonathan-tq9cm]

🤣🤣🤣

[@briansanchez9859]

For a moment, I thought Glenn Hoddle was Oliver Kahn

[@zm7444]

Lol

[@sagarpandya82]

Lol

[@alphacanine9641]

He is not as ugly as Kahn

[@Anthony1uk]

I love the way before he retired it was, he has got a young side that can only improve. Then straight after he retired every manager. 'I inherited an ageing side that are all coming to the end of their football careers'

[@deaconsyxx322]

The back story to this was Sir Alex's wife's twin sister had sadly passed away earlier in the year and while his wife still had her sister she didnt mind him being away with football but after the death of her sister she had said that she would get lonely while he was away with football. Not only a great football man but a great man and a great husband. Its probably the only time ive seen Souness being magnanimous towards Utd...such is testament to the Boss

[@JMac_96]

His wife lost her sister which was the biggest factor, he probably would given it another couple of years if that wasnt the case. He pretty much knew he was going when the league was wrapped up

[@khal3300]

Apparently he was planning on bringing Ronaldo back and Bale to win the cl, Ronaldo even agreed, shame to think of what could have happened if he had a couple more years.

[@WfxRS]

His wife lost his sister? Where did she last see her?

[@buifuroyo]

@@WfxRS meaning she died

[@Khonnell66]

@@buifuroyo Yeah but his wife lost his sister?

[@buifuroyo]

Niall Connell his wife lost her* sister not his

[@ay613]

When u look back I don't think anyone is surprised but at the time everyone was, I remember that day. And David Gill retired also, that really signified the end of man us run. But people must remember man u weren't always Champions infact there was a 26 year gap since their last league win under Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex.

[@ay613]

@This Is What Awesome Looks Like That's their proper names both were knighted. U do know that's manners u call them by their proper names if not that's showing disrespect, especially since Sir Matt Busby is sadly dead.

[@mrkipling2201]

As someone who started going to watch United in 1985, we had a lot of downs before the ups. He tried to retire in 2002 but he knew he wasn’t ready then. In 2013 he was ready.

[@strykah92]

There was also a 30 season title drought before Busby won his first one with United. So on law of averages, United WILL win multiple titles again... but not until the 2030s 👀

[@duttyburger6528]

@@mrkipling2201 as a liverpool fan i feel that pain, some people just dont realise that eras come and go.

[@mrkipling2201]

dutty burger you must have felt like that after the 90/91 season. I totally agree with you. It’s horrible. Although it was made a bit easier by having watched United in the 80’s. I didn’t take anything for granted. Liverpool went from dominating the 70’s and 80’s to falling away in the 90’s. Football is cyclical. A lot of people don’t get that.

[@ultrascreens5206]

0:50 ‘Team that appears to be going forward’ 👀

[@janarthananvijayakumar2089]

Now ask the same question he will tell that Alex left aging team dam pundits (souness)

[@Cityboyhamz]

This day I can never forget. 😢😢😢

[@88888888888888888443]

He ruined my childhood but I have such massive respect for a legend of the game

[@sirbobiyer4214]

How??

[@gustavofring8765]

@@sirbobiyer4214 he ruined every rivals life when he was the manager

[@i_know_youre_right_but]

Ruined your childhood? Do you know something about him that we don’t 🤔

[@seanmac7706]

Hes a liverpool fan

[@Jay-vs4fi]

And mine haha. Urgh what an embarrassing time hahaha

[@logan8647]

I love how they were so certain that Ferguson would pick his successor perfectly.

[@OTMJD]

I love how people still think Moyes was Fergie's first choice!

[@qasimdin7438]

@@OTMJD so who was then

[@WangPaste]

His natural successor was Roy Keane !! Had Roy Keane finished his career with Man United and taken up the assistant managers role at the time, it would have been a seamless transition from SAF to Roy Keane. I'm a Man City fan and I still cannot understand why Roy Keane is not involved at Man United. If you're gonna give Ryan Giggs, Ralf Rangnick and Ole Gunnar Solksjaer a crack of the whip as Man United manager then surely to God you'd have to give Roy Keane a chance !!

[@dafunkyshit]

@@WangPaste I actually agree with you though, that's a pick that would have made a lot of sense in an alternate timeline. I think he also had a decent spell as manager for Sunderland.

[@dylanhayesmaher7887]

Legend of the game

[@williamking1905]

100% best manager of all time in the eyes of many

[@chriswilliamson7694]

Yeah, David Jones is a colossus.

[@ay613]

@Darth Revan stop trynna be the next troll.

[@ay613]

@This Is What Awesome Looks Like don't be a troll u are not funny.

[@jamessimonson9905]

What is the point of this comment?

[@benlevy5585]

Greatest manager of all time (arsenal fan)

[@curtisoliver1006]

Respect to you. Man Utd fan here, the two other greats of the era. Wenger and Mourinho.

[@JM-mq5kq]

Graham: "whoever the new man is, he will have picked him" Presenter: "Will that be a good thing for Manchester United?" Graham: "Oh yeah..." If only they knew

[@tobykhan9106]

Was looking for this comment!

[@gentlemanjim480]

Me, too.

[@Tom-fj1zx]

“To follow sir Alex is a hard task” How very true that turned out to be

[@dazzamcg2369]

Look at what happened. Fergie was a genius in the transfer window. Brought in right players that insured consistent title wins throughout his management. Since he left the team was restructured badly by David, van gal and Jose. At the moment we have no squad depth. At least ole brought in players that has had an impact like Bruno. Maguire I'm in still up in the air about but he did help us get 3rd best defence in the league even with alot of defensive errors by back 4. Bissaka had a solid season although he did lose form since lockdown

[@SM-ft2jv]

All these years later i've still got ptsd thinking about the job being given to david moyes

[@MsCristian04]

yes, moyes should have a 10 years contract,

[@joncarr9674]

@@MsCristian04 you are joking right? Moyes is the biggest joke of a manager ever, He sells players lets Hernandaz leave and brings in players from Everton.

[@MsCristian04]

@@joncarr9674 i said that beacuse after fergie, think that a manager to bring glory to the team have to preparir an model the team and that cost time like fergie.

[@joncarr9674]

@@MsCristian04 That is true but I really don't think Moyes was the right man for the job, he would have relegated United before any real success lol, look at Sunderland..

[@harrybutcher3627]

@@joncarr9674 van gaal sold hernandez

[@hothitrieuminh5967]

I love Sir Alex Ferguson.It is been 7 years.Thanks for good old 26 years with 38 trophies for us.We miss you so much

[@thomasjones2415]

U Forgot His Trophies He Won In Scotland, Witch 48 Trophies, In Total,

[@stephenphilipps3360]

I cant believe Pogba over in Turin, across Europe in Italy couldnt stop Sir Alex from retiring. That is where he was actually in all this

[@thenetfreak7466]

The first statement that graeme made "Im surprised that hes retiring so early most of that team are the right age and they look like they'll only get better" little did we know lol

[@josephwalker8757]

This is why Souness didn’t work out as Liverpool’s manager

[@Jearbearjenkins]

To everyone who says that fergie picked moyes and you would’ve thought he’d pick a good manager: his picks were pep then mourinho. Moyes was because Pep left for Bayern and the other 4 managers (Van Ghaal eventually did flop at United) were all busy at other posts. So SAF didn’t choose Moyes. He wanted Pep and that would’ve been a good transition. Man United like to spend and so does Pep. He could’ve brought a dynasty and Klopp was also mentioned (but was unavailable)... so Fergie chose well.

[@harvey__]

Little Warorc3456 my team could’ve been on a liverpool level if we got klopp 😔

[@mathewwilliams4352]

Feels great all these years later and they are still stagnant how times changed when you’ve not got loads of injury time each game to get the equaliser week in week out.

[@sheezysteezy]

You guys really need a sound effect for the Sky Sports Retro graphic at the beginning of your videos the silence is deafening

[@TheCynic]

i honestly cant wait to witness the moyes dynasty, may he manage the reds for many years to come

[@IFoundGodInEminem]

I'm from the future, the year 2020. David Moyes had a rough first season but since he had kept Fergies coaching staff they somehow pulled through and made CL. they made 4 good signings the next year and finished 2nd. They have since won 4 of the last 5 with only Ole Solskjaers Cardiff City disrupting them by winning with a 102 points in 2018.

[@padraigosullivan9979]

Haha

[@Jimmylad.]

Myso Paak that’s the best timeline

[@abelieve5043]

@@IFoundGodInEminem I'm from the future and Ten Hag gonna revolutionise Manutd. I'm 100% certain.

[@MrBounce66]

Simply a football legend. As a Liverpool fan I hated the success he got with UTD but I respected it and him also.

[@toniforrestal]

feeling is mutual with Klopp, just waiting for sky news to say he is retiring any day now haha

[@MrBounce66]

@@toniforrestal well he has said he will see out his contract then that's it. So 3 years. I'm already panicking lol

[@MrBounce66]

@@toniforrestal well it seems like it's bad news for you my friend. He has said he might stay on after this contract lol

[@mufcxxx9197]

This video made me cry 😢

[@MrThedonhead]

Gary there at the end ,wasn’t expecting that! Was trying to go a whole day without seeing him, and there he is!!

[@bear1245]

The Best Ever ❤️

[@kierantv9857]

Souness: I’m 100% sure Paul Pogba had something to do with this, if it wasn’t for him he would of stayed for many more years

[@johnmartinez7440]

Tedious Pogba joke + "would of". Please, get off the internet.

[@jacobhawkins1770]

John Martinez mate, just shut up pls, speaking for us all

[@hugh.g.rection5906]

@@johnmartinez7440 English probably isn't his first language and probably doesn't realise that people who say "would of" are viewed as morons in the UK.

[@sephiroth4543]

@@johnmartinez7440 what a tit

[@chrisrowe7503]

It was a miracle that Alex Ferguson won the title in his final season. As shown when he left, they were only just a top 7 club with that squad. I think he knew a massive reinvention of the squad was needed but he was too old to do the job. Since he left, United have never come close to becoming the club that they once were. Fast forward 10 years. Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City are miles clear. Newcastle are a big side again, Brighton, Villa and even those trophy dodgers from Middlesex are investing. United could only just manage to sign the players they did this summer. I can see Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool all winning multiple league titles before United ever get a sniff at it again.

[@worthalook4870]

They say I was devastated 🤣🤣 greatest manager

[@thee_werner_alexander7314]

So funny to hear Souness talk about how great a team United was and all being the right age bla bla and less than a year later blaming Sir Alex for leaving a useless, aging tam behind for the new manager

[@kundaigotore992]

Ferguson knew the was garbage we all knew the team was trash. Ferguson worked miracles.

[@davidc7419]

There were tears in my eyes that day 😢

[@Gd-jq6mz]

This changed the league

[@mrsmith7540]

He made the right decision and got out at the right time. Happens in business a lot, but go on a high.

[@thedude5600]

Imagine in 2013 telling fans that by 2020 United would be on there 4th manager, none other than Ole. Mourinho would have shown up, won the Community Shield, League Cup, and Europa League and classed it as a treble. Everton would be on their 5th manager, none other than Carlo Ancelotti and bank rolled by a billionaire. Rooney would have signed again, and left again. Leicester will have won promotion, then won the Premier League, with Spurs pushing them a close 2nd. Liverpool will have won a Champions Leagues in June 2019, and a 19th league title the following season, but not before a global pandemic put a hold to world football for 100 days in 2020! Sunderland would be stuck in League 1, with very little hope of making Premier League again. Also England have won a World Cup penalty shoot out, on their way to a World Cup semi final. 🤯

[@SK-jp3hq]

Arsenal finished close 2nd not Tottenham

[@pedrobandito2]

@@SK-jp3hq no they didn’t 🤣🤣🤣

[@pervenchemusic]

I swear Arsenal finished 2nd not Spurs

[@SK-jp3hq]

@@pervenchemusic Thank you..

[@marshalleldergill4007]

@@pervenchemusic yeah, they did. We somehow managed to bottle getting second. But we finished second the subsequent season.

[@Ludydobry]

I remember the happiness from pool supporters, one of my mates was thrilled. Surprise surprise, Im super happy about klopp leaving now, laughing in my mates face

[@anuabhi203]

“I don’t think it’ll be Mourinho”

[@jackdixon5533]

It wasn’t, it was David Moyes.

[@kloschuessel773]

Abhinav Pandey wasnt? Moyes and later van gaal

[@purveyoroftruth7096]

Ur on Twitter right?

[@Richard_Straker]

Moyes “cut from the same cloth as Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Matt Busby” - Gary Neville.

[@Hugh_Jurrection]

Sadly, it was an off-cut.

[@Jearbearjenkins]

Moyes might’ve been one of the best managers liverpool ever had.

[@adewight5667]

@Chris Johnson Well it is nearly Halloween lol

[@jahed2334]

2:47 what a correct statement

[@sukhdevr3489]

This is crazy. Today on Fifa 14 they were talking about when the commentators were driving home from work they heard the news that Alex was going to leave.

[@jonathanchristo9138]

Souness: "He's had a long managerial career and won lots of trophies; most importantly he also thinks Pogba is disgrace to modern football."

[@user-lx3oi6xy2e]

I hear this Moyes is good.

[@r4h4al]

He was at Everton.

[@RonaldoIStheboy]

Good riddance more like it

[@davokelly7876]

He was only 26years building and guiding man utd to many of heights and the club they are and y'all can't let him enjoy his retirement the man has been around forever...from an LFC fan...

[@henrik5284]

4:11 "The rivals have come and gone and he's seen them all off" ⚽

[@end_games1306]

A true legend. He could turn someone like me into a player capable of winning the Balon d’Or

[@declanhampson1098]

He made Cleverley and Anderson play like Xavi and Iniesta, he was that good.

[@uncleruckus7229]

Couldve made city won the cl already instead of that fraud Guardiola bottling it 4 years in a row..........

[@yk100]

@@uncleruckus7229 With that amount of money yes

[@chukaanigbogu5046]

​@@uncleruckus7229you were saying

[@slackjoelyokel88]

Back at a time when Roy Keane would still let De Gea on the bus

[@tappyoklahoma]

im surprised by it and 100% certain over the conditions,--- well put!

[@ZenzoNkosi]

Almost cried this day😪

[@lc0597]

1:50 and it ended up being a terrible thing. i guess no one could have foreseen what a spectacular failure moyes’ reign would be, but choosing him as his successor may have been fergie’s worst call in 26 years.

[@kevin-pu2lx]

Fergie wanted pep in a meeting in dec 2012 but pep didn't understand him

[@g-roy23]

You say failure but it’s not as if Van Gaal and Jose did tremendously better even with the millions and high profile players they churned through. He was very much a victim of the higher ups expectations that everything was going to be the same as the season before, which was daft on their part.

[@Sepia1989]

Let me put my tin foil hat on and say it's Fergie plan to push Glazers to spend money. After Ronald and Tevez gone we didn't buy shit and relied solely on SAF to win some titles.

[@barclay0876]

Minus league titles they're still winning trophies something most real fans dont get to experience. I just laugh when Man Utd and arsenal fans complain

[@Arunisrelativelycool]

Moyes was doomed to fail. The signings they got in weren't good enough

[@englishpsycho8425]

Should only get better... as a United fan... 😲😭

[@chiefleef6125]

I remember Me and my brother in Manchester that time for tour(unfortunately couldnt see any games,just clicked a few photos outta Old trafford) and we saw on tv in a restaurant that he was retiring I remember both of us just stopping midair chewing on our pizzas,we couldnt believe it...The saddest part,we had a taxi to the airport that went straight past old trafford on our way back,and it was the same day his farewell happened Feels like a missed something big in my life,still regret it......

[@youngfizz8781]

Greatest manager ever

[@ShahirUsmani]

It's hard to believe that there were days when Manchester United was compared to Real, Barca and Munich by Graeme Souness. I am certain I have been shifted to another parallel universe.

[@alexellams5678]

Ferguson is the GOAT of management

[@CrH_1993]

Looking back at this souness hates united through his love for Liverpool but he was spot on with sir Alex when saying it's his decision and the man to replace him will be his decision!!

[@robwightman6357]

Best manager EVER no debate #MUFC

[@tombreslin5358]

Little did we know what was coming 😭😭

[@venkyratnam]

Their banter era started from appointing Moyes and continued to LVG and was at its peak with Jose Mourinho. Ole doesn't look like he will be able to win League titles and CL.

[@user-jw3us7dy6f]

I don’t think it was at it’s peak with mourinho tho he finished second in the prem which is their highest finish post-SAF and won an europa league and league cup with a bad united side

[@venkyratnam]

@@user-jw3us7dy6f Pogba, Zlatan, Lukaku, prime De Gea, Matic, Martial, Rashford, Mata, Mkhitaryan etc. It was nowhere near a bad United side. Under a good coach, they could have easily gone deep into CL tournaments and won atleast 1 FA cup and challenged for title. He had no tactics, it was all park the bus and hit at counters. The same he is doing at Spurs. I wanted Jose to stay for 1-2 more years so that he could completely destroy their club but sadly they sacked him.

[@johnbatziolas780]

Great day in football history and also great David Moyes was chosen to take over 💯👍

[@flucazade]

He got out at the right time, winning the league that season was his greatest achievement that team were average at best.

[@IambiguousSegment]

6:53 'cut from the same cloth' I.e. Moyes is Scottish. No other similarities.

[@tsa_03]

We should've went for pep and soon as fergie retired

[@nickdrake8490]

*Should’ve gone

[@pikeonthecanal7830]

Nope... OLE OLE OLE

[@gadafi5616]

I think we did ask him but he was always going to Man City

[@haubir95]

Sir Alex did, I think Pep was actually the first choice. Second was Mourinho, third was Klopp, fourth was Ancelotti, fifth I don't remember, and the sixth was Moyes. Pep was set on going to Bayern, Mourinho did not want to be the successor. I don't know about the others

[@ehmar94k]

@R KC *Should have

[@ahmedbayram6995]

That still hurts...

[@bez3042]

Would have loved to have seen Hoddle as a player at Old Trafford 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@channel-eg4gc]

Wish Sir Alex would have chosen Pep instead of David Moyes as his successor. Maybe Man Utd would not decline after Sir Alex retired.

[@ay613]

Bayern done it

[@stay_l0811]

David Moyes was appointed Manchester United manager after "several very desirable candidates were unavailable", Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed. The list of names was headed up by Pep Guardiola and also included Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp.

[@kevin-pu2lx]

@@ay613 sir Alex got in touch with pep in dec 2012. But pep didn't understand him

[@MRAPEXPREDATOR1]

He was lined up and had talks but he picked Bayern 🙁

[@jeffybalpier7334]

good we didnt get pep.i rather get klopp .pep will ruin the man u way.klopp respect legend.

[@joehayward5777]

Did Souness predict anything right here... 'Young club that's only going to get better?' Nope... 'It's a good thing that Sir Alex will pick the new manager' Probably the only thing he's ever got wrong!

[@stefann2160]

Still hurts...💔

[@Akber2o3]

I remember walking into Physics class in year 10 and my teacher had it on the projector. I was shocked and couldnt believe it.

[@Ali74]

Fabulous day that was. Even better when he left a parting gift by appointing Sir David Moyes as his successor. YNWA.

[@panic_seller]

If only Moyes never destroyed the setup and tried to create another Everton and expect Man Utd lvl results with an Everton setup

[@r4h4al]

I remember this, I was so shocked, and it's a real shame it didn't work out for Moyes.

[@stuartscott6041]

He toppled Liverpool seen off challenges from arsenal and Chelsea he was to old to take on city’s progress but still shown his genius got beat on goal difference for the title signs a striker wins the league retires just a one off his success was ridiculous earned his rest👏👏

[@arunhundal2191]

Hoddle got everything right, Souness got everything wrong.

[@ay613]

Hoddle is a smart man should have stayed at England for euro 2000 at least.

[@kashattack]

Souness correctly predicted the manager would be chosen by Ferguson.

[@ay613]

@@Costas22 Yep.

[@thomasandrews8174]

‘A team that appears to be going forward’ that aged like milk 😂😂

[@arynstha468]

My club never became same after that day💔💔💔💔

[@conorowens5805]

Hilarious when Souness says this is a wonderful young talented squad who will only get better. That aged well

[@generichuman2044]

Ferguson's retirement didn't end united, their managerial replacements and weird transfer business did

[@danielmoore2618]

I can see United going for Jürgen Klopp from Dortmund. I think he could bring domestic and European success. Just a thought though.

[@ay613]

Wasn't he offered the job?

[@danielmoore2618]

A Y Yes him and Moyes we’re offered the job. Either way both would be a success imo

[@ay613]

@@danielmoore2618 oh ok thanks.

[@LuxHM]

This was a long time ago, and Jürgen Klopp is at lIvArPoOl

[@sagecoder8767]

They tried he didn't want to come yet he was committed to Dortmund

[@noahkandie3290]

If you notice Moyes has been a relatively successful before and after manutd, I think he was the right pick. Only Moyes found it hard a challenge

[@craigvaz553]

See you in 10years, hope time ages well🙌

[@michaelnotd.higgins6290]

He left cus of the glazers thats why. he knew he wouldnt be backed so he left rather than do a wenger.

[@cummerchant542]

Wenge left as well

[@oldmanc2]

Glenn was right. Fergie's wife's twin sister had died at Xmas

[@dacads]

He was right about Moyes too 😂

[@edmondfin4252]

Why has it took me this long to see this

[@williamhardwick4257]

It was perfect timing, that team was on it’s last legs. To win the League that season, was an under rated achievement. But I feel that even AF would have been unable to rebuild the squad whilst maintaining that level of success, over the following seasons.

[@dafunkyshit]

If he had genuine interest in rebuilding the squad, I believe it could have been done but it would have taken a few years, as you say. He also went through a (relatively) shitty period in the mid-2000s and got us back up and running and certainly would have had a lot more pulling power than the likes of Moyes, and so likely would have fumbled a lot less for deals with top players than what subsequently happened. I also don't believe he would have worked with Woodward but he would have been able to find a much better replacement for David Gill.

[@dave93x]

Fergie's health declined rapidly after he let the work go. Every time the camera pans up to him since he looks frailer and frailer. He's aged about 20 years in 8 years.

[@John...44...]

That happens to everyone in their 70's 🤷🏼‍♂️ I think people forget how old he actually is

[@dave93x]

@M C and he looks 90 your comment is the one that's pointless

[@jockmackay9582]

@@dave93x it's not spoken about, he's a very proud man. But he only retired because of deteriorating health. His doctor and his wife had been on at him for years to retire. If you recall, he aged drastically in his last 2-3 years in the job. He has outlived basically an entire generation of Govan men. When he was born, life expectancy for a man in Glasgow was about fifty.

[@dave93x]

@@jockmackay9582 yes I remember the stuff he had going on with his brain. Shame

[@lukas_jay243]

@M C Calm down. We do not need your meltdown. It was a perfectly valid observation.