"It's absolutely right that Alex Ferguson runs the show at Old Trafford. But what was he doing on holiday in France when the Beckham story came to the boil? It's like he lit a stick of dynamite and scarpered when the fuse was halfway to being blown."
"But I am surprised that Alex shirked the chance to allow the boil to burst when he was around. When you're the biggest club in the world, you've got to pay your dues instead of sunning yourself in France."