By David Lee Wheatley
United boss to retire
Out of nowhere, Manchester United's hugely successful manager Alex Ferguson has decided to call time on his career aged 71.
The Scot will officially take off into the sunset at the end of the season after 26 years remarkable years at the Old Trafford helm.
Ferguson has most notably presided over 13 Premier League title wins and 2 Champions League final victories since his move to United from Aberdeen in 1987.
He's led and battled against some of the greatest players and managers the world has ever seen and in many cases been successful in winning against such illustrious opposition.
The hugely experienced campaigner has dismissed many a challenge from a hungry set of younger counterparts in the football arena, but lent an ear to those seeking his advice away from the match-day pressure cooker.
The infamous side that won the title in the face of stinging criticism from one-time Liverpool captain and still Match of the Day TV pundit Alan Hansen will live long in the memory. The likes of Butt, Beckham, Scholes took apart their more well-known opponents in winning the league championship after Hansen famously remarked 'you'll never win anything with kids'.
It is Ferguson's constant ability to renew and refresh his squad, whether with star signings or players from the youth team, that kept him and his club at the top for so long.
Now, it's up to a new man to take on the mantle and continue the glory days for the red half of Manchester.
It'll be an extremely hard act to follow.
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