Ferguson unconcerned about City takeover
Enlarge imageBy Mark Ledsom
NYON, Switzerland (Reuters) - Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said on Friday he was unconcerned about the takeover of local rivals Manchester City by an Abu Dhabi-based company.
"I can’t be worried," Ferguson told reporters after a meeting of top coaches at the Swiss headquarters of European soccer’s governing body UEFA.
"We have a good setup ourselves and we’ve been working to build up the team we’ve got, so we just have to carry on.
"There are always challenges in football, some years ago it was Chelsea and some years ago it was Arsenal and wherever the challenge comes from we have to accept it. So it doesn’t change anything."
City’s new owners the Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment made an immediate impact this week when they signed Brazil international Robinho from Real Madrid
They followed up by suggesting they could mount a bid in the January transfer window for United’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo.
Asked to comment on the speculation about a possible Ronaldo move, Ferguson replied: "They can talk."
(Editing by John Mehaffey)
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By Mark Ledsom
NYON, Switzerland (Reuters) - Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said on Friday he was unconcerned about the takeover of local rivals Manchester City by an Abu Dhabi-based company.
"I can’t be worried," Ferguson told reporters after a meeting of top coaches at the Swiss headquarters of European soccer’s governing body UEFA.
"We have a good setup ourselves and we’ve been working to build up the team we’ve got, so we just have to carry on.
"There are always challenges in football, some years ago it was Chelsea and some years ago it was Arsenal and wherever the challenge comes from we have to accept it. So it doesn’t change anything."
City’s new owners the Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment made an immediate impact this week when they signed Brazil international Robinho from Real Madrid
They followed up by suggesting they could mount a bid in the January transfer window for United’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo.
Asked to comment on the speculation about a possible Ronaldo move, Ferguson replied: "They can talk."
(Editing by John Mehaffey)
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