This was your first reaction?
Sir Alex Ferguson has retired
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This is not good. Not good at all.
I'd normally rubbish the rumours straight away, the thing that makes me wary though is the fact the club haven't denied it yet (Does the club usually deny things like this?)
That's what I'm thinking we should do if this is true.
They're all in bed already.
One up on hoping he'd keel over on the touchline.
It's a bit odd that some people are more worried about Moyes/Jose than about losing the great man.
I mean noone can ever replace him.
I mean noone can ever replace him.
Moyes will turn Valencia into Lionel Messi
When it happens, it will happen very suddenly. Didn;'t he say that after the last time he announced his retirement (and then changed his mind)?
I doubt the club would put more focus on a major announcement like Sir Alex's future well before the presser. It doesn't inspire investor confidence when you are listed.
Any update on Nike deal? Moyes as AM also seems unlikely with PL in progress.
But this retirement news does make me nervous.
Any update on Nike deal? Moyes as AM also seems unlikely with PL in progress.
But this retirement news does make me nervous.
He will go for another Champions League.
Mark my words
Mark my words
It's been 21 minutes. The printer probably hasn't even warmed up.
Please not now. 
Daily Mail back page, surely it'd be front page news. So nothing concrete there.
Please no!
Daily Mail also running the rumour on the back page tomorrow - not just Telegraph doing the story, as someone said in the Moyes thread. Not that it adds more credibility to the story of course.
Edit: Kid Cunto was quicker than me. I guess it's not front page stuff because it's just a rumour.
Edit: Kid Cunto was quicker than me. I guess it's not front page stuff because it's just a rumour.
It will be first time I see United without Fergie. I am just hoping we give the next manager a chance and don't turn into Chelsea.
Because it's bullshit.
It's gonna be absolutely shocking when this happens. I don't if there's anything to this but that day will be really, really weird.
Spot on, I can't believe this is some people's first thought if this is true.
That article: "The opportunity to leave on a high". Nothing oppertune about it. The deserved success of 25 years hard work. Had we had 3 extra points in 2011 and 1 extra point last year, we'd have just won bloody 6 in a row. Unprecedented dominance. Unprecedented success. As the competition got harder, Sir Alex won more.
I know what he means though, but I'm not sure I like the tone of the last paragraph.
I know what he means though, but I'm not sure I like the tone of the last paragraph.
This is all Hysteria. Wait until we get a credible source with quotes.
What makes you think that? He's 71 and sadly won't be at Utd much longer anyway. Not sure how something can be just dismissed as bullshit just because the papers got hold of it before an official announcement e.g. Scholes return
I am really bricking it now.
Should find out soon enough, if it's bullshit they will dismiss the rumours early tomorrow.
Someone text me to say there's an announcement at 11pm, not sure if this is true.
That would be some sense, I suppose. If United have actually planned on getting Mourinho to replace Fergie they have to move now.
I'm guessing the story will be that Anderson has gained another pound though. Or that Valencia injured someone with a hooked golf shot (does that even make sense? I don't follow much golf).
No way I'm waiting 8 hours.
Would've liked them to deny them tonight when the club was asked.
Didn't Sir Alex meet with Pep in New York in the last few months before Pep took the Bayern job?
Surely it's not him retiring. Maybe announcing when he will retire? But then again not sure if he'd want to go that route again.
The big news is Ronnie's coming back.
The big news is Ronnie's coming back.
Countless rumours, fear mongering, end of the world... Welcome to Manchester United.
The club that is collapsing every month, every year, according to self-proclaimed "experts".
The club that is collapsing every month, every year, according to self-proclaimed "experts".
In case your wish of Moyes come's true?
United sooner or later have to confirm or deny this.
Because the club are on the stock exchange.
Please do not be true.
I'll check in with my moles shortly to see what's really going on, but it's pretty late in the evening in the UK right so I can't guarantee anything.
It's the right summer to do it. He'd step down having won the league again but this season is not exactly the hardest of acts to follow for a manager arriving at Old Trafford.
Maybe the performances have been frequently uninspiring on purpose to get us ready for Mourinho!
Maybe the performances have been frequently uninspiring on purpose to get us ready for Mourinho!
I just have such a bad feeling about all of this and I'm normally an optimist.
This is brand new information!! Is that Gill texting you?!
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