SIR ALEX FERGUSON took private calls and
exchanged texts with Premier League ref Mark
Halsey during his time as Manchester United boss.
Those are the stunning revelations from Halsey in
his book Added Time - and now top whistle-
blowers have been told by league chiefs: Don't
speak to managers! Halsey has revealed he spoke to Fergie last year to
ask him to defend fellow ref Mark Clattenburg,
who was involved in a race storm for allegedly
abusing Jon Obi Mikel. Clattenberg was later cleared by the FA.
Mark Halsey retired last season [GETTY] “I may have spoken to him a lot and shared
texts but he knew when I crossed that white
line there were no favours” Mark Halsey Halsey wrote: "I took matters in my own hands
and rang Sir Alex asking him to speak out. "He agreed and used his Friday press conference
to say he could not conceive of Mark saying such
things. It helped the situation a great deal." But it's Halsey's admission that he shared text
messages with Ferguson that will cause fresh
controversy. He added: "It took time to gain Sir Alex Ferguson's
respect but in the end we had a very good
relationship.
Fergie's not happy about something here...
And here
"One thing should be made clear about my
relationship with Sir Alex. "I may have spoken to him a lot and shared texts
but he knew when I crossed that white line there
were no favours. "Players and managers would not respect you if
you gave decisions based on friendship." Halsey and Ferguson both retired at the end of
last season.
Fergie shares a word with Halsey while Wayne
Rooney gets treatment
exchanged texts with Premier League ref Mark
Halsey during his time as Manchester United boss.
Those are the stunning revelations from Halsey in
his book Added Time - and now top whistle-
blowers have been told by league chiefs: Don't
speak to managers! Halsey has revealed he spoke to Fergie last year to
ask him to defend fellow ref Mark Clattenburg,
who was involved in a race storm for allegedly
abusing Jon Obi Mikel. Clattenberg was later cleared by the FA.
Mark Halsey retired last season [GETTY] “I may have spoken to him a lot and shared
texts but he knew when I crossed that white
line there were no favours” Mark Halsey Halsey wrote: "I took matters in my own hands
and rang Sir Alex asking him to speak out. "He agreed and used his Friday press conference
to say he could not conceive of Mark saying such
things. It helped the situation a great deal." But it's Halsey's admission that he shared text
messages with Ferguson that will cause fresh
controversy. He added: "It took time to gain Sir Alex Ferguson's
respect but in the end we had a very good
relationship.
Fergie's not happy about something here...
And here
"One thing should be made clear about my
relationship with Sir Alex. "I may have spoken to him a lot and shared texts
but he knew when I crossed that white line there
were no favours. "Players and managers would not respect you if
you gave decisions based on friendship." Halsey and Ferguson both retired at the end of
last season.
Fergie shares a word with Halsey while Wayne
Rooney gets treatment
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