Review
A warts and all look at the darker side of one of the most successful football managers in the world.
- The Red Devil
- Aurum
The Red Devil
For the most part, I have always thought of Alex Ferguson as a cantankerous, red faced, foul-mouthed bully who has based a large part of his success on intimidation and fear and reading this book does little to change my opinion.
Of course he can be charming and humorous at times when one sees him in public, but only on his terms; only when things are going well at Manchester United and he is top of the pile, winning trophies and triumphantly looking down upon everyone else. When things at the ‘worlds biggest club’ are less rosy however, we get to see the darker side of Ferguson, the man who berates people in public, cranks the anti-media and anti-establishment paranoia up to absurd levels and uses techniques such as the infamous ‘hairdryer’ treatment on anyone who dares step out of line or raise any issue of contention surrounding the Red Devils.
Niall McGarrigle