Former News of the World and Daily Mirror editor turned obnoxious waste-of-oxygen, Piers Morgan, used his Daily Mail column to demand Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement this week. Predicting the imminent demise of the Scot’s “empire,” self-confessed Arsenal supporter Morgan treads a very well-worn path in his particularly vitriolic piece.
Laughably, with United just a point behind Chelsea in the Premier League title race, Morgan claims credit for predicting Ferguson’s demise a year ago. He probably did so every year for the last 23 years such are the Nostradamus-esque qualities of Morgan’s crystal ball.
“To my surprise, United rallied after that and won the Premier League,” writes Morgan’s poison pen.
“But this was almost entirely down to the brilliance of one man, Cristiano Ronaldo. Aided and abetted by the almost as brilliant Carlos Tevez.
“Since then, Wayne Rooney has stepped into the breach and single-handedly kept United from falling into ignominious disarray. Without his 34 goals, Old Trafford would have been in mutiny by now.”
“His fantastic displays have only served to hide the rotting decay in Sir Alex’s lair.”
The blame, according to Morgan, lies solely with Ferguson for letting Ronaldo go “at his absolute peak” and refusing to pay a fee for Tevez that “now looks dirt cheap” given the goals the Argentinian has scored.
Strange then that there is no mention of Ronaldo’s long-term desire to leave for Madrid, a deal in which Ferguson turned a huge profit after polishing the Portuguese winger’s rough diamond.
Nor of the £47 million fee Manchester City paid for Tevez’ 22 goals this season or the £170,000 a week in wages commanded by the Argentinian.
Racist insider-trader Morgan, fired by the Mirror for dedicating the paper’s front to obviously faked photographs of Iraqi prisoner abuse, claims only Jose Mourinho can save Ferguson’s empire.
Strange then that Morgan should have previously labelled the Portuguese manager “self-obsessed, childish, swaggering, insolent, preening [and an] irritating prima donna.”
Some might say it takes one to know one, Piers.
Worse still Morgan, the “smarmy, arrogant and self-satisfied” broadcaster, refuses to hear a bad word spoken of his beloved Arsène Wenger.
While the French manager has won nothing for five years Ferguson’s “crumbling empire” has added three Premier League titles, three Carling Cups and the Champions League to the bulging United trophy cabinet in that time.
If that’s rotting decay, Piers, we’ll have some more of it thanks.
Mr Morgan please concentrate on pathetic programmes like Britains Got talent and X factor please rather than calling one of the greatest managers ever.
The bloke is a joke.
Well written.
He’s a fucking cunt.
It reads as if he wrote it on Friday with the intention of printing it after we got beat by City, but then had to re-write it slightly because we won. He’s obviously very bitter because of our success under Fergie, and that’s mostly down to the green eyed monster.
Yeah it appears this turd eyed fucker writes his bile whilst swilling down a 12 pint lunch and he cannot think of anything to “predict”
Guys a first class twat.
He also is giving Arsenal advice to sack Wenger ……I mean does anyone know what he does……I want to meet his agent/manager…..as he has given this obnoxious creepy, slimeball…..with No talent a career……….Ignore him He is a football ignoramus ….He makes Alan Green look knowledgeable………I work with the Talent Police and this Letch is not even under surveillance……Now let’s win the League……
I was furious when I saw this, he’s a complete tosser, he has no knowledge whatsoever, if Fergie sells two top players and gets his team still being amazing by focusing it around Rooney, why should he leave? Surely it means he’s got alot to offer? And why comment about United being average against City? We got a fucking result there, Arsenal didn’t and Chelsea got ploughed by Spurs yet we’re the team that are average. Fooking nobber.
ive read his article- not worth the ink or paper used.
He has totally disrespected the greatest manager of all time- FACT !!
“rotting decay in Sir Alex’s lair”
Quarter finals of the CL- very unlucky to be knocked out !
1 point behind Chelsea and Carling Cup Winners ??? not that is it ?? im sure Arsenal Liverpool Real Madrid and AC Milan wouldnt mind being in our position !
With a couple of quality signings e.g Benzema, Milner where ready to ahve another go next seasonso piers stick to that pathetic X factor show and leave your stupid statements to yourself !
Its cheap characteristic journalism on which his career was founded and flounderd .Slag SAF and get the oxygen of free publicity .Sad that he cant be less childish ! and use his noteriety to help The Arsenal (or maybe not ).
He’s always been a total tit! We are only serving his ego by even bothering to discuss the hopeless S****!