{"id":3518,"date":"2013-05-11T22:25:06","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T22:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/ikpeba-world-football-should-celebrate-fergie\/"},"modified":"2013-05-11T22:25:06","modified_gmt":"2013-05-11T22:25:06","slug":"ikpeba-world-football-should-celebrate-fergie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/ikpeba-world-football-should-celebrate-fergie\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikpeba: World Football Should Celebrate Fergie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former African Footballer of the Year, Victor Ikpeba, believes Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, deserves to be celebrated for his contribution to football.<\/p>\n

Ferguson recently announced his resignation as Manchester United\u2019s manager after 27 six years in charge and the club have named Everton gaffer, David Moyes, as replacement.<\/p>\n

Ikpeba had close contact with the legendary manager when his former team, AS Monaco, played Manchester United in the quarterfinal of the UEFA Champions League.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFerguson remains a fantastic manager on and off the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy closest contact with him was during the 1997\/98 season when Monaco defeated Manchester United in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were determined to win because the feeling at Old Trafford was that Monaco were a small club. Interestingly, we played a goalless draw at home and secured an important score draw at Old Trafford to qualify for the semi final,\u201d Ikpeba said.<\/p>\n

The USA \u201994 and France \u201998 World Cup star urged Africans to learn from the Ferguson example.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlayers and coaches should know when to leave. It\u2019s not easy at his age to continue with the daily rigours of top flight management.<\/p>\n

Besides, he needs to spend more time with his family,\u201d he told supersport.com.
Ikpeba maintained that the club would continue to benefit from Ferguson\u2019s new position as director and ambassador<\/p>\n

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