He is extremely controlling. Wants everything his way. What Beckham should wear, how he should cut his hair, how many days he should spend on his honeymoon, who should he marry and who should he not be with … Is this OK for you? And he would get away after physically assaulting him? For SAF, everything was always about himself.
Arsene Wenger on the other hand is so different. He only controlled what people ate (and that too, through education and not “enforcement”). I never hear any such stories about him. He too was a winner, wasn’t he? But completely different style of management.
Seems Ferguson controlled through fear while Arsene Wenger coached through love.
Ol’ Red Nose was a strict manager but it worked so you can’t argue with the results. That being said in the documentary as well throughout Becks does suggest that Fergie is like a second father to him.
You can see with alot of successful players through United’s history that despite SAF’s need to control he also empowers them as players. He basically convinces every United player that it’s a privilege to wear the red shirt. You look at John O’Shea who was at the club for over a decade mostly as a back up for whoever but he never complained and he was good enough to move to another club to be a nailed on starter but he stayed at United and I feel that’s largely down to Fergie persuading him that nowhere else will be good enough