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Sir Alex Ferguson has vehemently denied claims that United have been hawking Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy around other clubs with a view to a summer sale.
Friday's tabloids linked the forward with swap deals involving La Liga giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, with Michael Owen and Carlos Puyol named as potential targets.
However, Sir Alex said: "It's such rubbish that we would be touting the best centre-forward in Europe [to other clubs]. It's beyond words and barely worth commenting on.
"It's one of the unfortunate aspects of the job here that you have to deny and refute stories every week. It's because we are big news.
"We have not been touting Ruud. There is no chance of us touting Ruud. That's the matter finished."
Ferguson also took time to counter claims that he had recommended Roy Keane as his eventual replacement as United boss.
The Scot flatly denied making comments attributed to him, saying: It's absolute nonsense. I wouldn't presume to have the authority to make these decisions anyway.
"What I have said, and have always said, is that Roy Keane could become a manager. I think that will come eventually if he wants it to. Not everyone wants to be a manager.
"Roy has been taking his coaching badges and that is straight forward, there is nothing unusual about that. But, it's like everything else nowadays, everything gets spun out of proportion.
He added: "That's what you are faced with. Some of the quotes in the papers were taken from a press day eight weeks ago. It was attended by the world media but it's been spun out of control."
For now, Sir Alex wants Keane to focus on his role within the club as captain and player. Ferguson continued: "He's the captain and a player here. All the things about his future are entirely up to Roy; whether he wants go into management or not. Not everyone wants to do that. It's entirely up to him."
Despite a disappointing season by United's standards, the Reds boss says his passion for the job remains as strong as ever.
When confronted with the proposition that his enthusiasm for the job does not appear to be diminishing, Ferguson responded: "Not at all. It's always a challenge at this club. It will always be a challenge.
"That's the great thing about it. It's like with the players, we have to get up off the ground after the defeat on Wednesday and win the next match. That's the great beauty of Manchester United. There is always the challenge of the next game."
Report by Steve Bartram and Ben Hibbs, at Carrington.
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作者: Fergie (弗Sir) 看板: ManUtd
標題: Re: Sir Alex Rubbishes Ruud Rumours
時間: Sat Apr 23 14:20:26 2005
弗格森對傳聞感憤怒
23 April, 2005 11:02 +0800
來源:香港曼聯網 http://manu.u-soccer.com/news.php?newsid=05423_5
弗格森對於皇馬有意以歐文交換范尼斯特魯伊的傳聞感到憤怒，並且對此強烈地否認。
最近幾天，英國與西班牙都有傳聞指皇家馬德里希望以歐文交換該名荷蘭射手。
「在這份工作裏面，最不幸的便是要經常否認類似的傳聞。」弗格森說。
「有關該名全歐洲最好的射手會轉會的謠言消息都是垃圾。」
「事實上，我們不會出售魯德 (范尼斯特魯伊)，我們沒有意思出售他，在將來都是。」
此外，弗格森也否認基恩將會接替他的領隊位置。
弗格森曾承認他希望看見基恩可以接掌他的位置，不過也表示，在他一日未真正退出的
時候，都不會定下接任人選。
「這是毫無根據的，暫時我沒有定下任何接任的人選。」
「我只是說過，基恩是有潛質接任我這個位置。」
「但現在，他是我們的隊長而且仍然在比賽，這就是他現在的職責。」