Sir Alex: I Was Offered Inter Job

<span class="titolo">Sir Alex: I Was Offered Inter Job</span></p>

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<span class="sommario">Sir Alex Ferguson says that the one regret he has in his football career is never trying his luck abroad, and reveals that Inter once offered him the job as manager.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">The 65-year-old is one of the most successful coaches in football history, and has become part of the furniture of Old Trafford during more than 21 years at the club.<o></o></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">During that time he has won nine Premier League titles, five FA Cups, a Champions League, a Cup Winners&rsquo; Cup and an Intercontinental Cup, among many other trophies.<o></o></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">&rdquo;I would have loved to have gone abroad if I hadn't come to United," <st1:city w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Ferguson</st1lace></st1:city> told the Manchester Evening News.<o></o></span></p>
<p _extended="true" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">"I was interviewed for the <st1:city w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Barcelona</st1lace></st1:city> job but Terry [Venables] stayed another year and then Inter tried to get me when I was at Old Trafford. <o></o></span></p>
<p _extended="true" style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">"But once you are engrained into the place, the harder it gets to leave." <o></o></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">Ferguson</span></st1lace></st1:city><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;"> announced his decision to retire from management at the end of the 2001/02 season, but he changed his mind and is still going strong.<o></o></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">"I will have a position at the club [once I retire] but not as director of football - possibly a role that [director] Bobby Charlton has now. <o></o></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana;">&ldquo;Sir Bobby is not an intrusive person but he is always there for help and advice. And I think that's the right way.&rdquo; </span></p>

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