{"id":399663,"date":"2011-04-26T15:28:13","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T15:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/26\/sir-alex-ferguson-pushes-for-a-winter-break-in-england-it-would-freshen-everyone-up-2\/"},"modified":"2011-04-26T15:28:13","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T15:28:13","slug":"sir-alex-ferguson-pushes-for-a-winter-break-in-england-it-would-freshen-everyone-up-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/26\/sir-alex-ferguson-pushes-for-a-winter-break-in-england-it-would-freshen-everyone-up-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Alex Ferguson pushes for a winter break in England: It would freshen everyone up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has called for the introduction of a winter break in England.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils are set to meet Schalke in the semi-finals of the Champions League, with the German side having had a mid-season interval.<\/p>\n<p>The Scot insists that a break would give his team a chance to recoup from the wear and tear of the season, while giving his own staff a much-needed break.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have been saying this for years,&#8221; Ferguson told radio station Sirius XM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is not just to give the players a rest. It is to get rid of all the little injuries they carry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would also freshen everyone up mentally, including my staff because they could do with that break as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But somehow they just will not listen to the people who really matter in the game &#8211; supporters, players, staff and coaches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s when maybe you think TV has too much power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_35-150x90.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/sports\/201104\/156242.php\" title=\"Sir Alex Ferguson pushes for a winter break in England: It would freshen everyone up\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sir Alex Ferguson pushes for a winter break in England: It would freshen everyone up<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has called for the introduction of a winter break in England. The Red Devils are set to meet Schalke in the semi-finals of the Champions League, with the German side having had a mid-season interval. The Scot insists that a break would give his team a chance to recoup from the wear and tear of the season, while giving his own staff a much-needed break<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sir Alex Ferguson pushes for a winter break in England: It would freshen everyone up - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/26\/sir-alex-ferguson-pushes-for-a-winter-break-in-england-it-would-freshen-everyone-up-2\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Sir Alex Ferguson pushes for a winter break in England: It would freshen everyone up - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has called for the introduction of a winter break in England. 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