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.
He was his manager. Where I work we have rules about how much time we can have off work, what we wear to work, etc. And the boot incident was an accident. He didn’t stop him from marrying Victoria, he wanted to know that he was still focused on being a footballer and not a celebrity, which as his manager at work he should be.
He too was a winner, wasn’t he?
Wenger was a great manager but he only won three PL titles. Sir Alex won thirteen.