Alex Ferguson 🗣️:
“I was 33 years old, and a young boy came to my office on a Tuesday and said, ‘Boss, can I have Friday off?’
And I said, ‘Why do you want Friday off?’
He said, ‘My mother has died.’
You’re beaten. What can you do?
And I went, ‘Oh, of course, son.’
From that moment on, if a player came to me and said, ‘I want tomorrow off,’ I said yes.
In the case of Cristiano Ronaldo, I knew his father was ill. I knew he was in the hospital, and it was important for him to be there. It didn’t matter about the football club. Some things are bigger than the football club, and family is definitely one of them, without question.
You should never, ever put a club before your family.”