News of 12 clubs, including Manchester United, signing up for the European Super League has left Ferguson concerned.
Sir Alex Ferguson fears the European Super League’s arrival could end 70 years of football history and deny clubs a chance to join Europe’s elite.
12 European giants, including Ferguson’s former club Manchester United, confirmed plans to join a breakaway competition to rival UEFA’s Champions League.
Another three unnamed clubs are expected to join to give the European Super League around 15 teams.
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Now Ferguson, who famously led United to two Champions League titles and led Scottish club Aberdeen to European glory in 1983, has criticized the proposal.
“Talk of a Super League is a move away from 70 years of European club football,” the former Red Devils boss told Reuters.
“Both as a player for a provincial team Dunfermline in the 60s and as a manager at Aberdeen winning the European Cup Winners’ Cup, for a small provincial club in Scotland it was like climbing Mount Everest.
“Everton are spending £500 million to build a new stadium with the ambition to play in Champions League. Fans all over love the competition as it is.
“In my time at United, we played in four Champions League finals and they were always the most special of nights.”
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