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“It will go to the biggest bidder, which is normal in negotiations, but I want this to be resolved before the transfer window kicks in, and now it is opening and starting to move.”<\/p>\n
It’s not the first time Ferdinand has excited supporters with his comments about United. Remember that famous Ole Gunnar Solskjaer speech? Of course you do.<\/p>\n
In March 2019, United had just dumped Paris Saint-Germain out of the Champions League last 16 after Marcus Rashford’s stoppage-time penalty sealed a 3-1 win at the Parc des Princes.<\/p>\n
The broadcast cuts back to the BT Sport – now TNT Sports – studio, and an adrenaline-fuelled Ferdinand, a pundit on the night, can’t sit still on the bench.<\/p>\n
And then he says those words…<\/p>\n
He shouted: “Man United might not thank me, but get the contract out, put it on the table, let him sign it and let him write whatever numbers he wants to put on there given what he’s done now since he’s come in.<\/p>\n
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DON’T MISS <\/strong> “Let him sign the contract. Ole’s at the wheel man. He’s doing his thing. Man United are back.”<\/p>\n The excitement was perhaps justified. United had won 14 of their 17 games under Solskjaer’s interim reign following Jose Mourinho’s sacking.<\/p>\n They had also just become the first-ever club to come back from a two-goal deficit away from home to win a Champions League tie.<\/p>\n United did hand the Norwegian a contract weeks later, but he didn’t last three years before his dismissal to continue the manager merry-go-round post-Sir Alex Ferguson.<\/p>\n Ferdinand once again raised United fans’ hopes (those who were comfortable with state ownership, anyway). But it, again, didn’t turn out the way he envisaged.<\/p>\n
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