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| Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger |
Arsène Wenger has said that he "was not surprised" to hear of Sir Alex Ferguson's decision to retire as manager of Manchester United. In an interview, Wenger also stated that he had predicted Ferguson’s decision since the start of the season.
"I was not surprised and I told my staff a long time ago that I think it will be Alex Ferguson's last year. I detected a few signs through the season – there was already one of them before the season started, that it could be his final year."
Wenger also praised Ferguson for his "remarkable career" with Manchester United but noted that the 71-year-old may find life away from the spotlight difficult to adjust to. "There is a double challenge now," he said. "The first is for Manchester United to replace a guy of that stature, and the second challenge for Alex
Ferguson is to have a life as passionate and as interesting as the life he had until now.
"He is luckier than me because he likes horses, he likes golf, so he can certainly have an interesting life again. But of course when you have been such a long time involved in every [game] … our job is always looking forward to the next game, so you are always motivated by that. At the start it is difficult to miss that."
He added: "But after 26 years, he just won the championship, he knows it will be more difficult even for Man United to have that consistency now because there are so many teams who have financial power. You have to respect his decision."
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