Sir Alex Ferguson shared his ultimate words of wisdom with a British Olympian ahead of Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat to Tottenham at Old Trafford.
The 82-year-old legendary former Manchester United manager has remained an ever-present figure at Old Trafford long after his retirement in 2013.
Sir Alex Ferguson is often spotted during matchdays for United at Old Trafford and has been an influential presence at the Premier League club.
The iconic Scotsman bowed out of the Red Devils as United manager after lifting the club’s last Premier League title at the end of the 2012-13 campaign.
During his legendary reign at Old Trafford, Ferguson engineered all 13 of United’s Premier League title wins and led the Red Devils to a famous treble win in 1999.
Ferguson’s message to British Olympian
Manchester United were outclassed by Tottenham in September, with Bruno Fernandes being sent off in the 3-0 defeat to Spurs.
Goals from Brennan Johnson, Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke sealed all three points for Ange Postecoglou’s men at Old Trafford.
Ahead of the defeat to Tottenham, Olympian Keely Hodgkinson took to the pitch and was presented to the Old Trafford faithful.
Keely Hodgkinson, who is a lifelong United fan, captured a gold medal in the women’s 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
The 22-year-old Olympian revealed that she showed Sir Alex Ferguson her gold medal and the United legend shared a touching message with her.
“It was really nice to be recognised by the team that I’ve supported my entire life,” she told The Daily Mail.
“We met Sir Alex Ferguson, which was crazy. He was very nice, very chatty. I showed him my gold medal.
“He said, ‘You’ll only appreciate this in 20 years’ time when you’re done.’”
Ferguson on life after management
United have struggled to re-establish their dominance over English football since Ferguson called it time on his legendary managerial career.
Ferguson is widely regarded as one of the best managers of all time after his seminal impact with United in England and with Aberdeen in Scotland.
Speaking to BBC Breakfast, the Aberdeen and United legend candidly admitted that he misses the experience of being a football manager.
“Yeah, I miss it sometimes,” he said in September.
“I think the first year after retirement, I went to the European final and I said to Cathy, ‘This is what I miss’ – big games, the European games.
“So, then I went to most of the European finals because I find something I can relate to, something I would liked to have done every day.
“Because these are the big events that United should always be involved in.”
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