'It would be classy': Manchester City told to make Sir Alex Ferguson gesture as Eric Cantona launches furious rant against Man United
As if Manchester United hasn't been through enough.
The Premier League giants, who have been in complete discomfort since Sir Alex Ferguson abandoned in 2013, made news headlines across Europe on Tuesday when it was revealed they were suspending a payment to the club icon as part of a cost-saving measure.
The 83-year-old will remain an ambassador but his £2.16million salary has been taken off the books, a deal the club insist was “amicable”.
However, the move has caused outrage among fans and beyond, with the club icon being the latest to comment on the matter. Eric Cantona.
Writing on Instagram, the Frenchman said: “Sir Alex Ferguson should be able to do whatever he wants at the club until the day he dies.
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“What a lack of respect. It's totally scandalous. Sir Alex Ferguson He will be my boss forever! And I throw them all in a big bag of shit!
Amid the outrage, the team Ferguson once described as his “noisy neighbors,” city of manchesterThey will rejoice at another strange decision by their rivals.
Now, one of their former players and coaches has come up with an idea to make things even worse for the Red Devils.
Speaking on talkSPORT, Stuart Pearce said: “Wouldn't it be nice if the manchester united The team said we would fund that money per season to keep Alex in the job because he is too important to this club?
He then went even further and added: “I got a bit naughty and thought, what if the Manchester City players said, wouldn't it be nice if we chipped in and paid Alex Ferguson's salary every year to keep him in his place for what is? made for that club across the street, that will inspire us weekly.
“It would be elegant. “You have fired the best player of your life, but we will finance him, no problem.”
The hugely unpopular move is the latest in a series of cost-cutting measures taken by the new co-owners of INEOS, chaired by Monaco-based British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe.
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After buying a 25 per cent stake in the club at the start of the year and taking charge of football affairs, INEOS has reportedly cut more than 250 jobs.
They have also removed the club's credit cards, while their decision to withdraw free travel for staff in May also fell terribly.
On that occasion it was learned that the captain of the club Bruno Fernandez had offered to cover the costs, suggesting that Pearce's suggestion is not entirely unreasonable.
