Ferguson Recounts His Final Days at Manchester United

Sir Alex Ferguson drew attention in May 2018 after a serious brain haemorrhage, when he returned to Old Trafford for the first time in four months. Following surgery, he temporarily lost the ability to speak, but in September 2018 he regained his confidence by walking to his seat in the empty stadium. A week later, he sat in the stand with the doctors and nurses who had saved his life, and was applauded by the 74,489 people in the stadium.

Over a 56-year football career, Ferguson has hardly ever left the public agenda. In his new book, Games of My Life, he selected the 21 matches that meant the most to him. The book contains personal memories stretching from his childhood through his playing days to the decades he spent as a manager.

In one chapter of the book, Ferguson describes an injury that occurred at the start of the 1992-93 season. After a pass from Brian McClair, Dion Dublin broke his fibula and dislocated his ankle following a hard challenge by Crystal Palace player Eric Young. Dublin was out of action for six months.

Ferguson states that the injury upset the team's plans. He recalls that they had lost the league to Leeds the previous season due to a lack of goals, and explains that this is why he had signed Dublin a month earlier. He also writes in the book that he had targeted Alan Shearer but could not complete that transfer when Blackburn made a 3.6 million pound offer.