Thou Shalt Not Mess With Sir Alex

By: chris | September 15th, 2009

These words stand as first hand advice from Diego Forlan, the ex-Red Devil whose stint is more famous for sitter missing and shirtlessness than any sort of productivity in the footballing realm.

If you ask most people just why Diego was booted from Manchester, they’ll point to his glittering 10 goal in three years record. Others will simply cite an overall sense of general rubbishness. But Forlan put the speculation to rest, revealing that he was booted from United for his…boots.

Who doesn’t love a “Thou art not holier than Sir Alex” story? Not I.

“Ferguson wanted me to play with long studs, the interchangeable ones that suit wet pitches, but I feel more comfortable in short ones.

“I agreed to change but I didn’t and, against Chelsea, I slipped in front of goal and wasted a chance.

“Afterwards, I rushed to the dressing room to change boots but Ferguson caught me. He grabbed the boots and threw them. That was my last game for United.”

They lost, and soon Diego lost his United member card. According to the infallible Wikipedia, Forlan was sold less than one week from the end of this game.

On one hand, most blatant acts of blatant defiance by fringe members will likely result in a super quick job relocation program, and Sir Alex is certainly no exception. In fact, Sir Alex is probably the last guy you’d want to disobey. The official ManU lexicon reads ’suggestion’ as m-a-n-d-a-t-o-r-y.

But on the other, more important hand, Alex might be regretting that mandatory suggestion: provided he stuck with his comfortable favorites, short studs have won Diego Forlan two European Golden Boots since leaving Manchester.

Who needs to squabble over studs when Diego clearly is one?

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Tags: Alex Ferguson, Chelsea, Diego Forlan, Golden Boot, Manchester United, Villarreal, World Football

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• SP |  September 15th, 2009 at 4:38 am

  
  
  

  yes, but by the trophy tally, it’s hard not to argue that united came out on top

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• trevor |  September 15th, 2009 at 5:38 am

  
  
  

  Question for the wrter of this article

  You have used a parting shot about the short studs on the boot not doing any harm as he has won 2 Eurpoean Golden Boots!

  It doesnt take Einstein to realise that in Comparason the Spanish Weather is Warmer and Not as Wet as Manchester Weather so Shorter Studs would be more suited!

  I have a lot of time for Forlan, and during his time at united could see he would come good. You can take a horse to water but you cant make him drink!

  He should have worn what the coaching staff instructed, Maybe he would have scored that chance against chelsea…

  You live by the sword you die by the sword!

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• andersen |  September 15th, 2009 at 7:45 am

  
  
  

  Great point, trevor. You beat me to it.

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• Al |  September 15th, 2009 at 9:30 am

  
  
  

  That first line cracked me the f*ck up.

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• Kevin |  September 15th, 2009 at 12:02 pm

  
  
  

  Ok, Trevor, so what’s your actual question for the author?

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• tOmmy wOng |  September 15th, 2009 at 12:08 pm

  
  
  

  It’s Chris you guys.

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