{"id":345826,"date":"2011-03-28T20:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T20:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/28\/manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson-labels-international-friendlies-a-waste-of-time\/"},"modified":"2011-03-28T20:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T20:55:00","slug":"manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson-labels-international-friendlies-a-waste-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson-labels-international-friendlies-a-waste-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson labels international friendlies a &#8216;waste of time&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Alex Fisher<\/h3>\n<h4>28 Mar 2011 21:55:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"63.426920854997\">\n<div readability=\"10.253521126761\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sir alex ferguson - Manchester united coach\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/31733c63126963_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sir alex ferguson &#8211; Manchester united coach<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"33.200553250346\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/8123\/sir-alex-ferguson\">Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a> has branded international friendlies in the middle of the domestic football season as a \u201cwaste of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>United had Wayne Rooney, Nani, Javier Hernandez, Antonio Valencia, Darron Gibson, Patrice Evra and Jonny Evans on international duty this weekend but Ferguson would have preferred some of them to stay at home rather than play in friendly matches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am all in favour of the competitions,\u201d he told US digital station <em>Sirius XM<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe players should play in the major competitions; the European Championship, the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But friendlies are a waste of time as far as I am concerned. We always say that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Scot, who is in America to launch the club\u2019s summer tour, explained he had sympathy for the international coaches who had to cope with multiple withdrawals for the friendly matches.<\/p>\n<p>Rooney is one of six players to have been released by England coach Fabio Capello before their match against Ghana on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is understandable for the coach,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have the players for a period when they can influence them and can build and shape their team. I can understand that completely.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But every time there are friendlies you get six or seven call offs. It is sometimes worthless for the manager to build on that because of the lack of players.&#8221;<br \/><em><br \/><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3b4e10aebeacon.dll_591.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/28\/2415614\/manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson-labels\" title=\"Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson labels international friendlies a 'waste of time'\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson labels international friendlies a &#8216;waste of time&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Alex Fisher 28 Mar 2011 21:55:00 Sir alex ferguson &#8211; Manchester united coach Related Links Teams Players Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has branded international friendlies in the middle of the domestic football season as a \u201cwaste of time.\u201d United had Wayne Rooney, Nani, Javier Hernandez, Antonio Valencia, Darron Gibson, Patrice Evra and Jonny Evans on international duty this weekend but Ferguson would have preferred some of them to stay at home rather than play in friendly matches. &#8220;I am all in favour of the competitions,\u201d he told US digital station Sirius XM . \u201cThe players should play in the major competitions; the European Championship, the World Cup. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-345826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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