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He is simultaneously the most admired and feared manager in British football. During almost forty years in the dugout, and over half a century in the professional game, he-Æs torn up the record books, amassed a treasure trove of silverware, and unleashed the hairdryer:as well as the odd football boot:on countless players, rival managers, referees, and journalists. But amid the sound, the fury and the mind-games lurks one of sport-Æs greatest wits. So here we present Sir Alex Ferguson: uncompromising, unrivalled and uncut. On Arsène Wenger: 'They say he-Æs an intelligent man, right? Speaks five languages! I-Æve got a fifteen-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages.' On Dennis Wise: 'He could start a row in an empty house.' On referees: -æCan anyone tell me why they give referees a watch? It-Æs certainly not for keeping the time.-Æ On his humble beginnings: -æPeople say mine was a poor upbringing. I don't know what they mean. It was tough, but it wasn't bloody poor. We maybe didn't have a TV. We didn't have a car. We didn't even have a phone. But I thought I had everything, and I did: I had a football.-Æ After the winning the European Cup in 1999: -æI can-Æt believe it. I can-Æt believe it. Football, eh? Bloody hell.-Æ