Alex Ferguson reveals his biggest mistake at Man United
The Scot subsequently reversed his decision to call time on his reign at Old Trafford but eventually retired in 2013 having won 38 trophies with the club.
“It’s important to listen to your staff. In 2005, that period we didn’t win anything, just before that I had an attempted retirement, and I think that affected everyone,” Ferguson told ESPN.
“It was a mistake, and my wife and my three sons changed my attitude towards it and I started to think.
“The
biggest mistake I made was announcing it at the start of the [2001-02]
season, and I think a lot of them had put their tools away; they
thought, ‘Oh, the manager’s leaving,’ but when I changed my mind in the
January, I started thinking about United again and how we could get back
on top.
“After that is when [Wayne] Rooney and [Cristiano]
Ronaldo came to the club and we had to regenerate everyone. The youth
side of it, the scouts; we’d gone to sleep. Strangely enough, the period
from there on has been glorious; it’s been fantastic with the numbers
of league titles we won.
“The moments you don’t win anything register very strongly with Manchester United.”
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