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Mourinho: “Fergie couldn’t convince me to manage United”

Jose-MourinhoJose Mourinho has claimed Sir Alex Ferguson knew he could not convince him to replace him at Old Trafford when he retired at the end of the 2012-13 season.

The Portuguese was widely thought to be the man to replace Fergie once United’s former manager announced his intention to bring his 26-year tenure at Old Trafford to an end.

However, the Chelsea manager, who was in charge of Real Madrid at the time, insisted Sir Alex did not attempt to make him his replacement as he knew Mourinho would have not accepted.

“Every manager in the world looks at Man United as a huge club but I wanted to come to Chelsea and we didn’t bring that to the table because we were so open and he knows so much about myself,” Mourinho said in an interview for the BBC’s new documentary, Sir Alex Ferguson: Secrets of Success.

“He knew that for almost a season I want to leave Real Madrid and I want to come to Chelsea.”

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