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14th April 2018
09:38pm BST

"I remember when I first signed for United, we were in Asia somewhere, pre-season. He said we have all these players from all different countries, we should win the league and the Champions League. And he had an envelope and had some names in it. "He said 'there are some names in here of people I think are going to let us down. Make sure your name is not in here. And everybody ran out of the room and basically tackled through the door not wanting to let the gaffer down. That's what he did well, he made you want to not fail him because you didn't want to disappoint him."This stroke of psychological manipulation clearly had an impact on his squad. United won the league and Champions League during Hargreaves' first season at the club. They all played a part that year, from Cristiano Ronaldo's prolific goalscoring to Hargreaves himself, who played all 120 minutes of the Champions League final against Chelsea, scoring United's fourth penalty in the shootout en route to a famous European triumph. You can watch Hargreaves discussing Ferguson below.
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