Sir Alex Ferguson says there is no chance that the naming rights to Old Trafford will be sold off as part of a new sponsorship deal.
The United boss laughed at the speculation and mockingly suggested that the stadium’s new name would be inspired by the author of the rumour, The Sun’s football correspondent Neil Custis.
“It’s amazing,” said a perplexed Sir Alex at his weekly press conference.
“You come to work in the morning expecting it to be a quiet day, you’ve got no midweek game and you think you’re task is to prepare your players for the weekend’s game.
“Then you read some nonsense in the newspaper and you have to respond to it. That’s the problem," he continued, "you have got to respond to articles created by the imagination of some journalists.
He joked: “We’ll rename the stadium and give it the right title to reflect the voracity of Mr Custis’ work. We’ve got some great ideas, but renaming your stadium is an important issue so we’ll keep it under wraps for now.”
“It’s absolutely unthinkable,” the manager added on a more serious note.
Report by Ben Hibbs at Carrington.
http://www.manutd.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=304991&itype=466&icategoryid=120
The United boss laughed at the speculation and mockingly suggested that the stadium’s new name would be inspired by the author of the rumour, The Sun’s football correspondent Neil Custis.
“It’s amazing,” said a perplexed Sir Alex at his weekly press conference.
“You come to work in the morning expecting it to be a quiet day, you’ve got no midweek game and you think you’re task is to prepare your players for the weekend’s game.
“Then you read some nonsense in the newspaper and you have to respond to it. That’s the problem," he continued, "you have got to respond to articles created by the imagination of some journalists.
He joked: “We’ll rename the stadium and give it the right title to reflect the voracity of Mr Custis’ work. We’ve got some great ideas, but renaming your stadium is an important issue so we’ll keep it under wraps for now.”
“It’s absolutely unthinkable,” the manager added on a more serious note.
Report by Ben Hibbs at Carrington.
http://www.manutd.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=304991&itype=466&icategoryid=120