Des Kelly: When it came to the most important tick of his career clock, Sir Alex bowed out at the perfect moment
65 shares 57 View comments There is a phrase I’ve never quite been able to understand. It’s the one that claims ‘I hate to say I told you so, but...’ Because we all love to say I told you so while we nod sagely and tap the side of our nose. Being in the know is something to be proud of. When Sir Alex Ferguson retired, there were those who believed they had the inside track, but it was an event that was predicted in this column. Displaying the kind of prophetic power that would warrant a Pulitzer prize in many circumstances, I announced ‘the end was nigh’, adding it was high time the Manchester United board ‘pressed a gold watch into his palm and gently ushered Ferguson in the general direction of the executive lounge’. Time for change: Sir Alex Ferguson has got it spot on once again when it comes to the ticking of his clock DM.has('rcp',"twitter"); Loading tweets... Eleven years later, they did. I turned out to