Managers in praise of Sir Alex Ferguson

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Sir Alex Ferguson is celebrating his 20th year in charge of the Red Devils with our home game against Pompey and managers, meanwhile, have been singing his praises … and why not, considering how quickly managers change at the top-level at the majority of clubs nowadays, it truly is amazing to have had such a brilliant tactician at the helm for 2 decades!

SAF is quite simply the best of the lot, not only because he has an eye for footballing talent, but also for the way he runs things. I will say no more, other than just that I hope he stays for a lot longer as suggested by Gary Neville when he said that the Scot may well stay for another 10 years!

Onto the quotes …

Arsene Wenger

“When you think that the average life of a manager is one year and seven days, and somebody has done 20, it is remarkable consistency.

“It is a remarkable achievement, unique. A unique one in Europe at the top level.

“No-one could say the opposite. It needs tremendous motivation, tremendous stamina, and he has that.”

Rafael Benitez

“It is amazing to be 20 years at one club, but especially in a top club. To do that at a very big club with so much constant pressure shows you that he is a top, top manager.

“I believe he is the number one in England and one of the top two or three in the world. To win the high number of trophies he has had over these years says everything you want to know about him. The secret to his success is that he is a very clever man and manager.”

Gordon Strachan

“He is the best manager of his generation as far as I am concerned. I just know he is a special, special man.”

Harry Redknapp

“Alex is a fantastic character, a top-class manager and a good man.

“And I’ll tell you why he’s stayed in the game so long. It’s quite simple - he just loves it so much, as I do. It gets in your blood and you take the job home with you. You take it everywhere.”