Big Ron Atkinson talks about his time as Man Utd manager. Why Sir Matt Busby resigned from the board because of Bryan Robson. How Charlie Nicholas, Terry Butcher and Gary Lineker all nearly signed for Utd. And why Pogba should leave Utd.
On this week’s Old Spice Boys’ podcast, we’re joined by the man who managed some of the most expressive football teams of the nineteen seventies, eighties and nineties.
Few people from the present generation have left an imprint on the game as indelible as that of Ron Atkinson, aka Big Ron.
Ron talks about
- Why it wasn't easy to leave WBA and join Man Utd
- Signing Bryan Robson for £2m and why Sir Matt Busby resigned
- What he thinks about modern recruitment and tactics
- Why Charlie Nicolas, Terry Butcher and Gary Lineker never signed for Utd
- How he helped Norman Whiteside get picked so young for Utd and Northern Ireland
- How Ole was so close as a Utd manager but unlucky
- Why Pogba is better suited to European football
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