10. “You’re a fuckin’ bottler Incey! You cannae handle the stage, can you? You are a fuckin’ bottler!”
To Paul Ince at half-time, Barcelona, 1994
9. “My greatest challenge is not what’s happening at the
moment, my greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their fucking
perch. And you can print that.”
Responding to Alan Hansen questioning his future as Man United boss in September 2002
8. “Just fucking patch him up”
To a club physio after kicking a boot at Beckham’s head in February 2003, which left him needing stitches above his eye
7. “He’s a bully, a fucking big-time Charlie”.
On his favourite midfielder Paul Ince, again.
6. “They say he’s an intelligent man, right? Speaks five
languages! I’ve got a 15-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five
languages!”
On former arch nemesis, Arsene Wenger
5. “What the fuck are you lot playing at? That is the biggest
load of shite I’ve ever seen. Not one of you can look me in the eye, because
not one of you deserves to have a say. I can’t believe you’ve come here and
decided to toss it off like that crap you’re playing out there.”
Half-time at Sheffield Wednesday, 1998
4. “He could start a row in an empty house.”
On Dennis Wise
3. “In my 18 years at this club, that was the worst performance
we have ever produced in the FA Cup.”
Even worse than the Sheffield Wednesday game, Alex is not happy after Man Utd draw with non-league Exeter City in 2005
2. “He was certainly full of it, calling me Boss and Big Man
when we had our post-match drink after the first leg. But it would help if his
greetings were accompanied by a decent glass of wine. What he gave me was
paint-stripper.”
On Jose Mourinho
1. "People are always going on about f***ing Veron. You
tell me, what's wrong with Veron? What's this thing about fights and all the
rest of this shit? It's absolute nonsense, you know it's nonsense. Absolute
lies. On you go. I'm no f***ing talking to you. He's a f***ing great player.
Yous are f***ing idiots."
Talking to the Press about the under-fire Argentinean, following their 2003 Champions League semi-final exit at Bayer Leverkusen
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