As bullish and confrontational as ever, Sir Alex Ferguson pulls no punches in his sensational and explosive new autobiography. Manchester United's most successful manager writes of Wayne Rooney's desire to leave, how David Beckham became too big for his boots, why Steven Gerrard isn't as good as Paul Scholes and how relief swept through the Old Trafford dressing room when Roy Keane departed for Celtic in 2005. From the sublimely talented Cristiano Ronaldo to Ferguson snubbing the England job not once, but twice, the Scot lifts the lid on the trials and tribulations of life at the top of his game.
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Ferguson claims Rooney's agent Paul Stretford asked David Gill for move
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Scot says he was offered the England manager's job TWICE
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Beckham thought he was 'bigger than Sir Alex' and was never a top player
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Relief swept through United dressing room when Roy Keane left United
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Says ex-Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez bought badly and made feud personal
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Thought Steven Gerrard was a force until pitted against Keane and Scholes
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Ronaldo the most gifted player he worked with and told star he would rather shoot him than sell him to Real Madrid when Spanish giants first bid
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My Autobiography by Sir Alex Ferguson published by Hodder & Stoughton on October 24, priced £25
Ferguson says that @placeholder’s personality changed at United when he began to lose his dominance in midfield, and also questions his managerial ability as well as revealing the full details of his astonishing exit from Old Trafford.