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Ferguson reveals Roman Abramovich offered him the Chelsea job

In an interview with a US television station, the Scot also insisted that he will not be coming out of retirement.

FORMER MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson claims he turned down an offer to manage Chelsea when Roman Abramovich first arrived in English football.

The Scot, who ended his 27-year spell in charge of the Premier League club back in May, was being interviewed for the first time since his retirement by American television channel PBS and spoke openly about an approach from Chelsea in 2003 and his successor David Moyes.

“They used an agent to approach me when Abramovich first took over the club,” Sky Sports report him as saying. “And I said ‘No chance’.

“I always come back to this point — why would you leave?”

Ferguson went on to again threw his support behind David Moyes and insisted he has no plans of returning to the Manchester United hotseat.

Moyes has overseen United’s worse start to a league camapign in 24 years with only two victories in the Premier League from their opening six games, but Ferguson does not believe it is time to panic.

The former United manager identified his successor and is confident Moyes will turn their fortunes around.

I’m not interested in managing again or getting myself worked up about Manchester United’s results,” he told PBS.

“United are in good hands with David Moyes. He will be fine. He’s a good manager. “You would be throwing your money down the drain if you put any money on me coming back as a manager.

“I made my decision. The timing was perfect. There is no way back for me now. I’ve got a new life.”

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