FERGIE SIGNS ITALIAN

Last updated : 13 July 2004 By editor

From the Sun.

ALEX FERGUSON is signing the man David Beckham blamed for poor fitness at Euro 2004.

In a massive slap in the face for Becks, Manchester United boss Fergie has offered a job to Real Madrid’s health guru Valter di Salvo.

Old Trafford No 2 Carlos Queiroz — boss of Real last season — persuaded Fergie the Italian, 40, is the right man to help lead United’s revival.

Queiroz — picked up by Fergie after being booted out of the Bernabeu — then blasted Becks as a slack pro who always looks for ‘excuses’ to explain his lack of form.