FERGIE TURNED CHELSEA DOWN

Last updated : 11 September 2003 By Editor
The Manchester Evening News reported yesterday that Chelsea made Ferguson
an offer during the summer. However there were no direct quotes to prove this, simply Fergie saying:

"I am manager of Manchester United and it would be something absolutely
catastrophic for me to leave the club. My whole life is Manchester United. When
you become manager of this club you get woven into the fabric of the place."

That is reassuring to hear but not any sort of admission of an approach. Today
the agent close to both Fergie and Abramovich, Pini Zahavi, denied the story:

"As far as I know the story is not at all true. There is not a lot more I can say
about it."

Have the MEN got it wrong again?