Ferguson Reveals How He became United All time earner in New Book| MUST READ

lex Ferguson was paid a higher wage than any
Manchester United player from 2010 onwards following
the infamous Wayne Rooney contract saga.

Alex Ferguson received a higher salary than any of his players
from 2010 onwards, the former Manchester United manager
has revealed in a new book.

'Leading', which was published on Tuesday, details how the
aftermath of a contract saga involving Wayne Rooney led to
Ferguson becoming established at the top of the Old Trafford
payroll.

Rooney was linked with a move away from United in October
2010 when he controversially questioned the club's ambitions in
terms of signing top-class players.

The two parties ultimately found a resolution, establishing
Rooney as United's top earner until Ferguson intervened.

"I told them I did not think it fair that Rooney should earn twice
what I made and [the joint-chairman] Joel Glazer immediately
said: 'I totally agree with you but what should we do?'," the Scot
wrote.

"It was simple. We just agreed that no player should be paid
more than me. We agreed in less time than it takes to read the
previous sentence."

The Glazer family's tenure as United owners has remained
unpopular with a sizeable proportion of the club's support but,
not for the first time, Ferguson throws his weight behind the
Americans.

"From my perspective as manager they have been very good
owners," he said.

Ferguson also defended the process to appoint David Moyes as
his successor, despite the former Everton boss failing to see out
a single season at Old Trafford as defending champions United
slumped to a seventh-placed finish in 2013-14.

Much stock was placed in Moyes' apparent status as
Ferguson's chosen heir but, in 'Leading', the 73-year-old reveals
that he was keen for Pep Guardiola to return to management at
Old Trafford on the back of a year-long sabbatical following his
decorated spell in charge of Barcelona.

"I had dinner with Pep Guardiola in New York in 2012, but
couldn't make him any direct proposal because retirement was
not on my agenda at that point," Ferguson said.

"He had already won an enviable number of trophies with
Barcelona… and I admired him greatly. I asked Pep to phone me
before he accepted an offer from another club, but he didn't and
wound up joining Bayern Munich in July 2013."

Ferguson added that Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Jurgen
Klopp and current Old Trafford incumbent Louis van Gaal were
also discussed but ultimately concluded to be unavailable.

"When we started the process of looking for my replacement, we
established that several very desirable candidates were
unavailable," he explained.

"It became apparent that Jose Mourinho had given his word to
Roman Abramovich that he would return to Chelsea, and that
Carlo Ancelotti would succeed him at Real Madrid.

"We also knew that Jurgen Klopp was happy at Borussia
Dortmund and would be signing a new contract. Meantime,
Louis van Gaal had undertaken to lead the Dutch attempt to win
the 2014 World Cup."