Former Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic has described Sir Alex Ferguson’s insatiable desire to keep winning as “for him, it’s never enough”.
Speaking in a new two-part BBC documentary called Sir Alex, former defender Vidic said of the Scotsman that “If he’s won two trophies this season, he wants to win three next year. If he can win three, he wants to win four”.
Former midfielder Michael Carrick said his ex-boss would be “calm after a win”, saying he would “smile, tell you ‘well done, great’, but it was more, ‘OK, let’s move on to the next one’ we won another one?’ “
Between 1986 and 2013, Ferguson’s United dominated English football, winning 38 trophies including 13 league titles, two Champions Leagues, five FA Cups and four League Cups.
Before that, during his eight-year spell at Aberdeen from 1978, he broke the Old Firm’s dominance of Scottish football and transformed the Dons into a team that won three Scottish Premier Division titles, four Scottish Cups, a League Cup and 1983. Defeated Real Madrid in the European Cup Winners Cup Final.
Over two hours of documentary episodes and a seven-part podcast series, Sporting Giants: Sir Alex Ferguson, portrayed by Kelly Cates and Jonathan Northcroft, has key people in his career giving their insights into what makes him tick.
Former Aberdeen midfielder Gordon Strachan reveals how a young Ferguson changed the culture at Pittodrie, Class of ’92 graduate Nicky Butt testifies to the coach’s faith in youth and United’s all-time top goalscorer Wayne Rooney talks about how the Glaswegian’s working-class roots shaped him. Relating to his players.
