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Sir Alex Ferguson retired as Manchester United
boss in May 2013
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Sir Alex Ferguson has
revealed he would have stayed on longer as Manchester United manager had it not
been for the death of his sister-in-law. The 73-year-old Scot shocked the football
world in May 2013 when he announced his decision to stand down as United boss
after 26 years in charge - having delivered the club's 20th top-flight league
title and 37 other trophies.
David
Moyes was appointed as Ferguson's successor but his reign lasted just 10 months
before he was sacked in April last year as United failed to qualify for the
Champions League for the first time since the 1995-96 season.
Press Association report continues:
Dutchman
Louis van Gaal was charged with the task of bringing the glory days back to Old
Trafford when he took over after last year's World Cup, but Ferguson has
revealed had it not been for the death of his wife Cathy's twin sister, Bridget
Robertson, he could still be in the hot seat.
"I
definitely would have carried on," Ferguson told the Daily Telegraph.
"I
saw she (his wife) was watching television one night, and she looked up at the
ceiling. I knew she was isolated. Her and Bridget were twins, you know?"
Ferguson,
who remains at United as a director, had planned to retire in 2002 but his wife
convinced him to carry on. She did not try to persuade him to do the same in
2013, however.
Ferguson added: "But
when I told her this time I was going to retire she had no objection
whatsoever. I knew she wanted me to do it."
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