We give you some of Alex Ferguson's juiciest quotes from his 25 years in charge of Manchester United.
"I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football. Bloody hell." (After winning the Champions League final against Bayern Munich on May 26, 1999)
"It's getting tickly now - squeaky-bum time, I call it." (During the 2002/03 end-of-season title race between Arsenal and United)
"They say he's an intelligent man, right? Speaks five languages. I've got a 15-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages! (On Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, 1996)
"He could start a row in an empty house." (On Dennis Wise)
"He was certainly full of it, calling me 'Boss' and 'Big Man' when we had our post-match drink after the first leg. But it would help if his greetings were accompanied by a decent glass of wine. What he gave me was paint-stripper." (On Jose Mourinho)
"It was a freakish incident. If I tried it 100 or a million times it couldn't happen again. If I could I would have carried on playing!" (Explaining how he kicked a boot in the United dressing room that hit David Beckham in the face).
"When an Italian tells me it's pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure. They are the inventors of the smokescreen." (Before playing Inter Milan in the Champions League quarter-final, 1999).
"My greatest challenge is not what's happening at the moment, my greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their ******* perch. And you can print that." (On Alan Hansen questioning his future in 2002)
