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"Recoil"! Ferguson could not refrain tears

Sir Alex Ferguson could not contain her tears dot and communicated to the players and staff that Manchester United had decided to retire at the end of the season. After 26 years in the direction of the club, British media revealed that the 71-year-old had arrived at the training center Carringtonit, as usual, at 6:50 in the morning. Shortly after the arrival of the players, Ferguson asked three meetings one after another, with players, officials and technical staff and other employees of the club. In launching the communication of the decision of withdrawal, Sir Alex's voice began to tremble and the end of the short speech, could not hold back his tears. According to one player present at the meeting, he began telling everyone how proud they were to achieve everything together and then explained that he understood that the right moment had arrived to pull. Following this communication, in the dressing room a few moments touching occurred, the players who went to embrace their coach. Although more restrained, exciting moments were repeated in meetings with staff. Among other things, Fergie did not forget to thank a senior secretary, who during his 26 years at "Old Trafford", was the person who prepared the tea every morning. Coach longest in the history of English football, Ferguson decided to retire at the end of the season after winning the championship his 13th. Under the guidance of Sir Alex, Manchester replaced Liverpool as the most successful club in the country, besides winning titles, two Champions League, a World clubs, the FA Cup five times and many other trophies.