Sir Alex Ferguson was set to coach Arsenal after the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, if former Scotland, Aberdeen and Manchester United goalkeeper Jim Leighton is to be believed.


Leighton, who was part of the Scotland squad coached by Ferguson during the ‘86 World Cup, told BBC Radio Five Live Ferguson was offered the Arsenal manager’s position just prior to the start of the tournament, following the resignation of Don Howe.

According to Leighton, Ferguson had been prepared to take the job – with fellow Scot George Graham as his assistant – but failed to reach an agreement with the north London club as he had wanted to wait until after the World Cup finished before an announcement was made.

well he does have a record of being unfaithful.. he was at everton and said he's blue 4eva but suddenly switch to Man Utd

Hmm... since when did King Eric pass on his title to RVN?

Rooney's a striker. And what do strikers need? Passes from midfields, in which usually, the midfields dictate the game.

What can we learn from other teams? They have strong midfielders. Or even the latest merseyside derby, of which the blue side had a strong midfield , which glued together and played well.

Our midfield, in particular, the centre, as I have always said, isn't all that strong as of late.

We need a great central midfielder who can boss the game, and and an attacking midfielder who can give passes which breaks the toughest of defences.

Nani is a good midfielder, but he plays off the right striker, and would be considered as a right winger, who plays like,a striker.

Consider the 98/99 team, we had at least 3 central midfielders who can play the game whatever they wanted to. And to look into this current side, we're jam packed with strikers.

Rooney, Chicarito, Berbatov , Owen,Macheda , Nani.

All of which, do not have a source of passes of which they can run into.

Another thing would be aggression, I don't think the other teams come to old trafford, or play against us, knowingly that we have a fierce squad. (Cantona, Keane ). The Premiership tremble having both of them lifting it's trophy, what else the teams in them.

If you can see, Rooney + Berba always have to come deep into the field, needing the ball, which they should have been making great runs into the defense. And why is that? Because of the lack of midfielders.

Scholesy is coming of age, and please, I do not rate Fletcher any higher than Macheda is. Carrick needs to find his old boots, and Hargo needs to stop dating the nurse.

This post has been edited by headhunter7: Oct 18 2010, 10:52 PM

Spot on.

Fix the midfield!

last season..all the fans talk how greatly rooney is..how irreplaceable he is bla bla bla...and now all of a sudden..fans are like.."rooney wanna leave then let him leave la..nobody is bigger than the club bla bla bla"....LOL..typical man utd fans...same case like tevez

you mean we should whine and cry that rooney is leaving? or beg him not to leave?
all those actions would actually change anything that is about to happen?

Yeah typical of us.

We have great players who win lots of trophy's for us. Irreplaceable at that moment. Then his play drops, we just say oh well, good bye. Club > players.

But hey, we still win more trophys with whoever that comes in next (Beckham, van Nistelrooy and Keane are prime examples. unlike others

Yes, very typical of us. Winning things are so typical of us

you forgot cronaldo

lol... for me i love de club more than players... players can be found and replaceable, no matter how good today we achieve, one day sure can overcome and achieve better...

so if rooney wanna go den go ba, maybe later come to a switch, kaka to MU?
imagining how our midfield will like if fit KAKA in... ^^

lol.


In any case, the media is one thing but I will just wait for official announcement, at this moment nothing is sure yet. I for one hope he doesn't leave though but if he insist then, I will respect his decision, just like Ronaldo.

Yeah I think for one our midfield is lacking as of late. Scholes can't handle playing every week. Giggs too, and he's injured now

We should really think of strengthening the midfield rather than the strikers.

kaka would be good replacement for scholes since in RM he not doing much

http://www.barclayspremierleagues.com/alex...er-united/1693/

Not sure if posted but

owh boy im going fall my butt over when he actually signs an extension.
but for now its inevitable that rumours dominate our clubs fan..thank god for some still know from black and red

no value ..

Not gonna lie, will definitely feel somewhat sad if Rooney were to go. But players come and go. To be honest, I wanted Ronaldo to stay more than Rooney. lol.

i really LOL at you. you care for your son. you love your son very much. you protect your son. end of the day he says "my dad is an ******* cos he wont buy me a ps3". tell me how you feel. then gtfo this thread and stop saying typical man utd fans. cos if you are even half of a "typical" man utd fan why they say no one is bigger than the club. if you still miss tevez go dl his wallpapers and wank yourself silly.

hmmm..
seeing ferguson and david moyes at edwood park just now is something
rodwell perhaps?
bah, maybe he is just watching diouf and welbeck

*spelling mistake

This post has been edited by syarz: Oct 19 2010, 05:05 AM

nola...he looking at the possibility of selling roon back to everton or perhaps to his good fren big sam in ewood park.

RVN= King of the box ..