Sir Alex Ferguson has defended Jose Mourinho’s decision to go with ‘his own man’ and not employ Ryan Giggs as his assistant atManchester United.
The Scot, whose 26-year-long reign at Old Trafford established himself as the club’s greatest ever manager, believes that Mourinho was right to appoint his long-standing deputy Rui Faria to the role.
"You have got to have, in your assistant, someone you have trusted all your life," he said.
"When I came to United, I brought Archie Knox because he was a valuable person for me. I trusted him 100%. Jose Mourinho has had his assistant for years and, quite rightly, has stuck by his own man.
"If Jose hadn't had an assistant, I know he would have taken Ryan."
Ferguson, nevertheless, believes that Giggs has the mettle required to make it in management and supports his former charge’s decision to forge a career away from United.
"It is time Ryan stood on his own feet, got out there and accepted the challenge," the 74-year-old retired coach said.
"I talk about his poker face. He has a bit of steel about him,” he added. “It is such a highly intense results industry, you need people who go into it to have a bit of steel about them, a bit of character and personality."
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