The retired Scottish manager admitted that he made
one mistake at Old Trafford, suggesting that a trip to Barcelona had
made up his mind that he got it wrong
Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that he regrets not building the Manchester United gym overlooking the club's training ground at Carrington.The Old Trafford legend oversaw the move from The Cliff, United's previous training ground, to the state-of-the-art complex in Cheshire in 2000 but admitted that he realised he had made a mistake three years after the project was completed, following a visit to Barcelona.
Speaking at the opening of Fleetwood Town's new Poolfoot Farm training ground, where Ferguson cut the ribbon on the League 1 side's new base, the former United boss indicated that he wished the gym at Carrington had been built overlooking the training pitches, to act as an incentive for injured players to get back to action.
"One part I wish I'd done at United
was that the gym is one floor up and you can see into the training
ground," Ferguson said at Poolfoot Farm.
"Three years after we'd built Carrington I went over to Barcelona and realised we'd made a mistake. Our gym at Carrington is enclosed.
"Three years after we'd built Carrington I went over to Barcelona and realised we'd made a mistake. Our gym at Carrington is enclosed.
"Looking out at the training ground
makes the players hungry to get out there. So when a player is coming
back from injury he can see the pitches it's an incentive to get out
there.
"So there are things I wish I'd thought about when Carrington was built that I see here."
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