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Sir Alex Ferguson warns Manchester United stars: cross me and you'll die
By SPORTSMAIL REPORTER
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson had lifted the lid on his no-nonsense managerial style by revealing he warns his multi-million pound stars: cross me and you're dead.
The fiery Scot, renowned for his infamous 'hairdryer treatment' of under-performing players, insists he has to keep control of the Old Trafford dressing room.
And the only way of doing that, according to the 68-year-old, is by ruling with an iron fist.
Speaking at a lecture in Dublin, the United boss said: 'If I lose control of these multi-millionaires in the Manchester United dressing room then I'm dead. So I never lose control. If anyone steps out of my control, that's them dead.'
'Through my development, I've come across two issues - power and control.
'Control is important, very, very important. My control is the most important thing.'
United darlings Roy Keane, David Beckham and Ruud van Nistelrooy have all been forced out of Old Trafford after locking horns with Ferguson.
And Portuguese winger Nani looks destined to be the Scot's latest victim, after blasting Ferguson's regime back in November.
'He is a very complicated guy,' Nani said. 'He's tough. If things are OK, he will be OK, but if there is anything he believes to be wrong, you are screwed. He can go from complimenting you to just plain trashing in a couple of minutes. Has it happened to me? Hell, yes. He'll say "Nani, how could you miss this or this?'
The United winger has featured for the first-team just twice since his outburst and looks set to be moved on in the summer.
Meanwhile, Ferguson was also quick to dismiss rumours of boardroom unrest by insisting the buck stops with him, and not the owners.
Ferguson said: 'My control is the most important thing. The most important person in Manchester United is the manager.
'I always thought that when I became a manager - and I experienced this in Aberdeen - I had too much control.
'I was doing everything - ordering the pies, looking after the programmes. It was getting me nowhere.
'What happens is that you do too much and then you don't do the important things.
'Then, the directors start to say 'He's too big for his boots' and stuff like that.'
Sir Alex Ferguson warns Manchester United stars: cross me and you'll die
By SPORTSMAIL REPORTER
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson had lifted the lid on his no-nonsense managerial style by revealing he warns his multi-million pound stars: cross me and you're dead.
The fiery Scot, renowned for his infamous 'hairdryer treatment' of under-performing players, insists he has to keep control of the Old Trafford dressing room.
And the only way of doing that, according to the 68-year-old, is by ruling with an iron fist.
Speaking at a lecture in Dublin, the United boss said: 'If I lose control of these multi-millionaires in the Manchester United dressing room then I'm dead. So I never lose control. If anyone steps out of my control, that's them dead.'
'Through my development, I've come across two issues - power and control.
'Control is important, very, very important. My control is the most important thing.'
United darlings Roy Keane, David Beckham and Ruud van Nistelrooy have all been forced out of Old Trafford after locking horns with Ferguson.
And Portuguese winger Nani looks destined to be the Scot's latest victim, after blasting Ferguson's regime back in November.
'He is a very complicated guy,' Nani said. 'He's tough. If things are OK, he will be OK, but if there is anything he believes to be wrong, you are screwed. He can go from complimenting you to just plain trashing in a couple of minutes. Has it happened to me? Hell, yes. He'll say "Nani, how could you miss this or this?'
The United winger has featured for the first-team just twice since his outburst and looks set to be moved on in the summer.
Meanwhile, Ferguson was also quick to dismiss rumours of boardroom unrest by insisting the buck stops with him, and not the owners.
Ferguson said: 'My control is the most important thing. The most important person in Manchester United is the manager.
'I always thought that when I became a manager - and I experienced this in Aberdeen - I had too much control.
'I was doing everything - ordering the pies, looking after the programmes. It was getting me nowhere.
'What happens is that you do too much and then you don't do the important things.
'Then, the directors start to say 'He's too big for his boots' and stuff like that.'
