THE HAWK

Last updated : 15 January 2003 By Editor
Ruud Van Nistelrooy on Fergie and travelling with United.

"He never misses a thing. The players call him The Hawk because nothing goes unnoticed. If you go to the toilet, he knows about it.

"Mind you, the boss is very relaxed. He does not order us to wear the same suits and we can all wear what we want.

"We don't have to report for breakfast at a certain time when we're in a hotel and we can have a lie-in or even have breakfast in the room.

"Sir Alex does not care too much as long as we win. In the rest of Europe, this would be impossible. But he even lets us take family on the players' coach on the way back home and that makes things so much more relaxed."