It's the perfect spot for readers to get a glimpse of what lies within the pages, helping them decide which book to dive into next. If you admire Alex Ferguson but instinctively find him hard to like then this book will probably do nothing to change your mind. He has gone out in a blaze of glory, with United winning the Premier League for the 13th time, and he is widely considered to be the greatest manager in the history of British football. These included 13 championships in the Premier League, five cup victories in the Football Association (FA) Cup, and two Champions League titles. There are other passages of the book that feel like a headlong rush through events that might have been more profitably reflected upon and then written about further down the line.

There's more to Sir Alex Ferguson, the manager of Manchester United than being at the helm of the most famous football club in the world. In the 11 seasons that followed, he would become the most successful manager in the club’s history winning eight Premier League Titles between 1992 and 2003. However, not really a problem since the new book perfectly fits after this one and finishes the story of one of the greatest people in football of all time.This is "control" – the key word in Ferguson's philosophy of management – exerted well after the final whistle has been blown. Að sumu leyti var hún betri en ævisagan frá 2013 þar sem hún fer dýpra ofan í ýmislegt í mikilli einlægni en svo eru langir tæknilegir kaflar hérna um skoska boltann á áttunda og níunda áratugnum sem ég hafði kannski ekki alveg nógu mikla vitneskju um til að hafa gaman af. It was so interesting to see how he looked after his talent pool and it wasn't like he was blindly keeping them on.

Rafael Benítez, the former Liverpool manager who accused Ferguson of exercising undue influence over referees, is given predictably short shrift (a control freak whose teams were "dull"). A goal-scoring centre-forward, he was later transferred to Rangers for a Scottish record transfer fee. Each book represents a chapter in the broader narrative, introducing new twists, turns, and perhaps the occasional talking dragon (disclaimer: dragons depend on the genre).In 1964, Alex Ferguson went professional as he signed for Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish division.

He also tears into Liverpool, for their handling of the Suarez race row, blasted their former manager ‘Mr Fact’ Rafa Benitez, and has also labelled Liverpool and England’s captain Steven Gerrard and Chelsea’s top scorer Frank Lampard as not good enough to be top players. This book gives you the story behind this incredible man – from his upbringing in a tough part of Glasgow, through his career as a football player in Scotland, to his 26 years in charge of one of the most famous and successful football clubs in the world.The Irish Independent Newspaper after reviewing the book stated “Barclay has written a wonderful book.