(The Guardian) Ferguson: 'It could be ten years before United win another title'
Sir Alex Ferguson has lobbed a hand grenade into the lap of Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim by saying it could be anther decade before the Premier League title returns to Old Trafford.
Ferguson’s final campaign in 2012/13 remains the last time United won the league title and the club have gone backwards under a series of sucessors to the great Scot. Amorim is the latest of those to try and end the drought at Old Trafford but has struggled to get his team to play with enough consistency and last season oversaw an embarassing 15th place finish.
Asked if he was optimistic for the future at United with Amorim, Ferguson said: “He [Amorim] is a good personality. It is not easy. I remember looking back on my own time there, starting off when Liverpool were the bee’s knees. They were a fantastic club winning the European Cup four times and all that, but then it took them 31 years to win the league again.
“We are now in the same situation. It could be ten years, could be 11 years, because of that cycle. It has to be thought out carefully and we have to make sure the recruitment is going to be better than what it was.”
Ferguson was speaking to Press Box PR while in Bahrain attending to his horse racing interests.
Sir Alex Ferguson has lobbed a hand grenade into the lap of Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim by saying it could be anther decade before the Premier League title returns to Old Trafford.
Ferguson’s final campaign in 2012/13 remains the last time United won the league title and the club have gone backwards under a series of sucessors to the great Scot. Amorim is the latest of those to try and end the drought at Old Trafford but has struggled to get his team to play with enough consistency and last season oversaw an embarassing 15th place finish.
Asked if he was optimistic for the future at United with Amorim, Ferguson said: “He [Amorim] is a good personality. It is not easy. I remember looking back on my own time there, starting off when Liverpool were the bee’s knees. They were a fantastic club winning the European Cup four times and all that, but then it took them 31 years to win the league again.
“We are now in the same situation. It could be ten years, could be 11 years, because of that cycle. It has to be thought out carefully and we have to make sure the recruitment is going to be better than what it was.”
Ferguson was speaking to Press Box PR while in Bahrain attending to his horse racing interests.
