Ferguson on brain haemorrhage and games that shaped his life

I AM NOT EVEN EXAGGERATING RIGHT NOW THIS IS BIGGER THAN FINDING A TEN POUND NOTE IN A WASHING MACHINE SIR ALEX FERGUSON JUST SPOKE TO BBC BREAKFAST AHEAD OF TURNING EIGHTY-FIVE AND HE CONFESSED HE WAS ACTUALLY TERRIFIED WALKING BACK INTO OLD TRAFFORD IN 2018 AFTER HIS BRAIN HAEMORRHAGE SURGERY WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE HE WON THIRTY-EIGHT TROPHIES AT MANCHESTER UNITED AND WAS STILL ANXIOUS ABOUT WHAT FANS WOULD THINK BEFORE HE AND HIS WIFE CATHY GOT A MASSIVE STANDING OVATION AND THE THING IS HE COULD NOT EVEN SPEAK IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS SO A THERAPIST MADE HIM WRITE DOWN NAMES OF BIRDS AND ANIMALS AND NOW HE HAS A BOOK COMING OUT COVERING TWENTY-ONE MATCHES THAT SHAPED HIS WHOLE LIFE. ANYWAY DO NOT QUOTE ME ON ANY OF THAT.

GENUINELY WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY SIR ALEX FERGUSON LITERALLY HAD TO SIT WITH A THERAPIST AFTER BRAIN SURGERY WRITING DOWN NAMES OF BIRDS AND ANIMALS AND RIVERS BECAUSE HE COMPLETELY LOST HIS VOICE AND COULD NOT SPEAK WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIERCEST MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER IN HISTORY WHO WON THIRTY-EIGHT TROPHIES AND THIRTEEN PREMIER LEAGUE TITLES AND HE TOLD BBC BREAKFAST HE WAS ACTUALLY TERRIFIED RETURNING TO OLD TRAFFORD IN 2018 TO WATCH UNITED PLAY WOLVES BECAUSE HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT RECEPTION HE WOULD GET UNTIL HIM AND HIS WIFE CATHY GOT A FULL STANDING OVATION IN THE DIRECTORS' BOX AND THE THING IS HE IS APPROACHING HIS EIGHTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY SO NOW HE HAS A WHOLE BOOK COMING OUT COVERING TWENTY-ONE DEFINING MATCHES STARTING FROM A CUP WIN AT GOVAN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1955. OK SOMEBODY ELSE TALK, MY THROAT HURTS.

Ahead of his 85th birthday, Sir Alex Ferguson reflected on his 2018 brain haemorrhage recovery, his career, and his upcoming book in an interview with BBC Breakfast.

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