Sir Alex Ferguson will always heralded as arguably football’s greatest ever manager. In an era where Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp, Jose Mourinho and others are forging their own legacies near the very top of the mountain, eclipsing the achievements of Ferguson is one serious task.
Taking the reigns at Manchester United in 1986, a slow start would ultimately snowball into Ferguson re-establishing the club as one of football’s heavyweights, dominating English football like nobody has ever seen before.
And testament to his abilities – along with, you know, the abundance of honours – is just how much United have struggled since his retirement in 2013.
After 26 incredible years with United where he won two Champions Leagues, 13 Premier Leagues, five FA Cups and led the team to the continental treble in 1999, Ferguson finally called time on an extraordinary career at the end of the 2012/13 campaign, bowing out by winning the league one last time.