Manchester United legend, Wayne Rooney has come out to speak on Sir Alex Ferguson’s famous hairdryer treatment. He recently revealed that the treatment once inspired him to score a hat-trick for MUFC, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, SAF completely battered him despite scoring in an away match vs Portsmouth, and even if he also gave the manager a piece of his mind at the time, he still went ahead to score a brace after the half-time break.
Rooney added that Fergie was scary and intimidating whenever he got at players, but all will be forgotten as long as you heed his warning.
His words, “I got it a lot, yeah. When he went of course he was scary and intimidating. At times deserved, at times not deserved. But I think he knew the right times to do it and he knew the effect which it would have which normally for me was a positive effect on the pitch.
There was a game that always sticks out. It was Portsmouth away, we were winning 1-0, I scored in the first half and he came in and he battered me. He just went at me and I felt it wasn’t deserved and I went back at him, and probably went back a bit too far. It was a bit disrespectful and he spoke to me after that and made it clear that I can’t speak to him like that. And then I went out and scored another two, so I scored a hat-trick in the game.
It was always after the game, it was on the bus – this is where he was brilliant – he’d be sat on the and he’d walk past you and get a tea or a coffee and when he walks back past you he’d give you a little slap on the head and that was his way of saying it’s forgot about.”
WOW.
Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system.
Nicknamed the Red Devils, they were founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to their current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.
Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson’s dismissal, and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the club was back in 11th place the following season. Reportedly on the verge of being dismissed, Ferguson’s job was saved by victory over Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup final.
The following season, Manchester United claimed their first UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup title. That triumph allowed the club to compete in the European Super Cup for the first time, where United beat European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 at Old Trafford. The club appeared in two consecutive League Cup finals in 1991 and 1992 the left and the right, but he’s not got any sense of danger yet, and empties the midfield area too readily.
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