MANCHESTER, England: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has dismissed reports he will confirm his retirement at the end of next season.“It is rubbish,” Ferguson told a news conference here yesterday. “There is no truth in it.
“I have no intention of retiring and if I did the people I would tell are (chief executive) David Gill and the Glazer family (United’s owners).”
The veteran boss, who turns 69 at the end of this year, has been in charge at Old Trafford since 1986.
But the Scot appears to be relishing the job as much as he ever did and, with reigning English champions United in the hunt for another Premier League title, is in no mood to give way to the likes of Inter Milan and former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, as has been reported.
“There is pressure in life. I can deal with it,” added Ferguson, who announced he would step down in 2002 only to change his mind.
“The only thing that determines whether I stay here is my health. And I am in rude health.” — AFP