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Cristiano Ronaldo reveals the only coach he has friendship with.

I know it can never be Jose Mourinho, his relationship with his fellow country man during the latter’s reign at the Bernabeu was a disaster, dunno if it has remained so.

Newly-crowned UEFA Best Player in Europe, Cristiano Ronalso has worked under a number of coaches in his career; former Manchester United coach, Sir Alex Ferguson, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini and renowned Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari, but he’s friend with just one of these- Sir Alex Ferguson.

Excerpts from his interview with Spanish publication AS. “Out of all the coaches I worked under, the only friendship I have is with Sir Alex Ferguson – no one else… I worked under Pellegrini and Ancelotti, with whom I get along really well. I’m not in football to make friends, only to triumph.”

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It's over! David Moyes axed as Manchester United coach

You all asked for it; via your tweets, (#Moyesout hashtag) facebook posts, placards, banners, comments etc. It wasn’t all about the fans, the club owners/Executives were fed up! The final straw which seemed to have broken the camel’s back was Red Devils’ 2-0 loss to Everton last weekend. 10 months after taking the reins from Sir Alex Ferguson as Manager of Manchester United club, David Moyes has been axed. He was sacked at a meeting with Executive Vice-Chairman Ed Woodward at the club’s Carrington training ground today.
The 50 year-old who signed a 6-year deal with the club last year will be compensated with a whooping 30m pounds. Moyes who was in charge for 348 days lost 15 games and won just over half at Man United; giving him a win rate of 53%. Like I mentioned yesterday, Ryan Giggs is to take over as interim coach during their next game at home against Norwich on Saturday.
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Photos: New portrait of Sir Alex Ferguson has the names of all the 218 players he managed

Few statues were erected last year, an Old trafford road was also named in his honour. We all know why everyone adores SAF. A new portrait of revered ex-Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson has the names of all the 218 players he managed during his 26-year reign.
Created by Annemarie Wright, the statue which will sell for £3,500 has the names of the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, RVP, Rooney as well as others. The artist, a 34-year-old fine arts graduate who’s not really a fan of football said Fergie’s huge in influence in football inspired her to create the unique piece of art.
“My dad has been a fan since the 1950s. He is not from Manchester but has followed the team since the Munich Air disaster. I bought him the Alex Ferguson autobiography for Christmas and I started thinking about the huge impact he has had on British culture. His face is so well known.”
 
Credit: Manchester Evening News
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Arsene Wenger at 1,000 games: Sir Alex Ferguson pays tribute

Former Manchester United coach, Sir Alex Ferguson has paid a tribute to Arsenal Manager, Arsene Wenger ahead of his 1,000th game in charge
“I congratulate Arsène in reaching this momentous landmark. Having also reached the same milestone at one club, I cannot emphasize enough the level of dedication, resilience as well as sacrifice required and for that I have for the utmost admiration.
Over the years we enjoyed some fantastic battles and you could say we had survived together and respected each other’s efforts to play good football. I always enjoy watching Arsène’s sides – Arsenal play the right way. Playing against them always presented special challenges that I burned many hours over the years thinking about.
He has always been a conscientious member of our trade who makes it his business to help other managers.
Perhaps the biggest compliment I could give Arsène is that I could never be anything other than competitive with my rival for 17 years.”
Wenger who will become the fourth manager after Sir Matt Busby, Dario Gradi and Sir Alex Ferguson to reach the milestone said,
“It makes you feel ‘where did the time go? It looks to me like I started yesterday, I can’t believe it is such a long time.
Why? Because you’re always focused on looking forward to the next game and when you look back you think ‘I made quite a distance there’. Despite that, your only interest is the next game, our drug is the next game, the hope for the next game, the desire to win the next one.
You go step by step and finally when you look back it’s a long time. I would just like to say for me it’s an honour to manage a club of this dimension for such a long time and I would like to thank everybody who is involved in the club for giving me such a confidence for such a long time.”
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