After C-Ron’s strop, we look at five Man Yoo stars who have already walked the tight-rope of dissing SAF1. David Beckham
There once close relationship began to unravel as Becks immersed himself increasingly in a celebrity lifestyle. He was on the receiving end of the infamous flying boot incident after united lost a FA cup game against Arsenal.
2. Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Again a once strong relationship, forged as Ferguson patiently waited for Van Nistelrooy to recover from the knee injury which delayed his transfer to Old Trafford, which went sour. Rumours of a rift started when the Dutchman was benched for six consecutive league games in 2006.
He returned to the starting line-up but when he was dropped again before United’s final game of the season against Charlton, he left the stadium before kick-off. Rumours suggested this was due to a fall-out with Fergie’s new hot young thing, Cristiano Ronaldo.
3. Jaap Stam
Once the defensive rock upon which the United team was built, after some rather unflattering comments about Ferguson and United in his autobiography the Dutchman soon found out his relationship with the boss was not so rock-steady.
4. Paul Ince
The Ince-Ferguson relationship when it worked was built on mutual respect rather than any affection, and when the respect ebbed away it got really nasty. Fergie called his former star midfielder a “bottler” and a “big time Charlie”, and flogged him to Inter Milan.
5. Roy Keane
Given Ferguson’s hairdryer and Keane’s short fuse, it is perhaps surprising that this pair remained so close for as long as they did. It all blew up at the end of 2005. Keane decided to turn grumpy elder statesman of the United team and criticised the club’s pre-season training camp, the application of his team-mates and Fergie’s management methods. His contract was soon cancelled by mutual consent and he headed to Celtic.
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