A Quote by Frank Rijkaard
Manchester United is a world-famous club, and yet if you say, 'Manchester United,' then immediately you think of Sir Alex Ferguson. To have achieved so much and have so much importance at such a big club is extremely rare.
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This club is steeped in history and I feel privileged to have become a part of that ... An immense thank you to Sir Alex Ferguson for making it all possible, for giving me the privilege to be a captain, to be inspired by the legend of Manchester United and to understand that nobody is bigger than the club.
I think Manchester United is a much bigger club than any manager in the world, and the manager who comes in should respect what Manchester United is.
I feel the longer he stays at United the better it is for the club. He's done so much for United you can't imagine him not being here.
(on Sir Alex Ferguson)
You will never see United manager Sir Alex Ferguson in the media taking problems he has or the squad has or the club has into the open. Never, ever. But you do see that at Manchester City.
I have felt part of this club when I have travelled all around the world and been recognised as a Manchester United player. And when you're a Manchester United player you will forever be a Manchester United player.
I think he [Sir Alex Ferguson] may have even surpassed the achievements of Matt Busby for Manchester United.
As long as we are
successful on the pitch, then I
will be here-unless Manchester United put in a call. But I don't think Sir Alex
Ferguson is planning to step
down just yet!
Steve Jobs was Apple; Sir Alex Ferguson is Manchester United.
Do I feel I should have been given more time? Of course I do. To go to a club like Manchester United and follow someone like Sir Alex after the time he had been there, to stay for ten months... It couldn't be a revolution at Manchester United; it had to be evolution. It had to take time.
I always say the biggest opponent for Manchester United is Manchester United. Every year I play for this club, I will say the same.
Benfica against Manchester United is very special for me. Benfica is my real club but Manchester United is my English club. We are together in history.
A lot of people know Sir Alex Ferguson was the heart of Manchester United. He is a legend.
It is important that Manchester United keeps its identity. Their heritage is to produce and develop players, something that started with Sir Matt and continued with Sir Alex Ferguson.
I always said as a kid that I'd like to play for United, and I once spoke to Sir Alex Ferguson about it. We chatted for around 20 minutes, and I told him that my dream was to come here to Manchester United.
The chairmen of the largest companies in the world can cancel an appointment or move a board meeting; a manager cannot change the date of a game. In the combined 42 years that Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger have managed in English football, I can only remember one occasion when Sir Alex did not attend a Manchester United game.
I feel like, City, because they're this modern global team, in the United States we think they're a really big club. But here in Manchester, it's not a big club.
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