Sir Alex Ferguson attempted a massive double signing for Manchester United just weeks before announcing his retirement.
Fergie left him at Old Trafford in 2013, after winning his 13th Premier League title, winning it back from Manchester City.
However, it has been revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson tried to make a massive double signing for Manchester United just a couple of weeks before pulling out, but failed.
According to former United player Patrice Evra, the Scotsman was planning to stay at United for a while longer and was looking to sign Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale to build on the success of 2013.
Evra discussed Ferguson’s plans in depth with the club’s official podcast:
“Two weeks before he retired, I remember a lot of media saying that Ferguson might retire next year, and he said to me, ‘Patrice, I will never retire. I’ll be here another 10 years.
He then said: ‘My goal is that I am 99 per cent sure that we will have Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale. I only need these two players to win the Champions League again. Ninety-nine percent.
“And to be fair, when I talk to Cristiano, I ask him and he said yes to the boss, and that he was coming to join United. He told me this.
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Evra’s extraordinary revelation means that if Sir Alex Ferguson had been successful in signing Bale and Ronaldo, and had stayed on as manager, things would have been very different for Manchester United.
But unfortunately for them, not only did they fail to sign the two superstars at the time, but Ferguson also dropped out and they have never been the same again.
