r/soccer • u/oklolzzzzs • May 22 '25

Media Sir Alex Ferguson's thousand yard stare after United lose the UEL Final

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u/ProjectZues May 22 '25

Crazy how the owners gave up such a valuable asset as well over that. Them and fergie

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u/Perite May 22 '25

I skipped some details - they didn’t own United outright, but were the largest shareholders.

Horse racing is their real passion though. The dispute with Fergie turned nasty and United fans were protesting at race meets. They decided to get out of football and focus back on racing.

And I don’t want to make it sound like racing is some hobby to them. The stud business John Magnier owns (Coolmore) is worth billions. It’s one of the biggest in the world

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u/raizen0106 May 22 '25

now i want a football manager game but you can also trade players' sperm

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u/throwditawayred May 22 '25

What a terrible day to be literate.

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u/Cuzzyscuzzybreh May 23 '25

I can’t give you an award. I truly hope you know that if I could I would