Man Utd: Glazers Get Vote Of Confidence From Fergie

By Robert MacDonald / July 24, 2012

"I am comfortable with the Glazer situation. They have been great" Sir Alex said. "They have always backed me whenever I have asked them. I have never faced any opposition."

Fergie was also quick to point out that in the time that the Glazer's have been in charge his team have won four league titles and one European Cup. They have also competed for two other European Cups and came agonizingly close to the league crown last season. Most United fans are willing to fall in line behind their commander and chief when it comes to all things red but more than a few may have raised an eyebrow when he said that it's not affecting the team. Eden Hazard, Mesut Oezil, Wesley Sneijder and Samir Nasri are just some of the players he has had to forgo in recent summers and you can probably add Robin Van Persie and Luka Modric to that list this summer. Any of these players would easily plug the ever increasing gaps that his squad has but how can you compete with Chelsea and PSG who are throwing money around like drunken footballers at strip clubs trying to make it rain. I mean it's not as if Manchester United have just been crowned the highest valued sports franchise in the world and have more registered fans around the globe than anybody else... Oh wait! Despite having to pay £45 million a year just on interest of a £423 million pound debt United are still a financial juggernaut off the field and are still relatively competitive on it. Although the latter I put down to Sir Alex's incredible desire to compete and unflinching hatred of losing which he is still able to translate to his players. The one thing that United fans want to stop hearing about is "value in the market". That's why when Fergie wanted Hazard he had to settle for Kagawa. I'm not going to run down the Japanese player only time will tell what the better deal is. What I will say though is if you believe your club should sit above the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona and if you hope to real in Man City then how can you spend half the money on a slightly lesser player. Financially prudent it may be and hearty handshakes he may get from the money men at Old Trafford but how long can you expect to challenge when all your top summer targets move to your rivals. United fans don't want Sir Alex to go down the same garden path Arsesne Wenger wearily wandered down years ago by picking his accountants happiness over on field success. Fergie may be opting out of buying established players for huge sums because value can't be found but in truth was there ever a time when the transfer market was value for money. When Sir Alex took the opportunity to cash in on Cristiano Ronaldo and send him to Real Madrid their was a world wide gasp when they saw the transfer fee. No sportsman never mind footballer is worth that the world cried but here we are three years later and I guarantee you the CR7 brand has repaid Los Blancos every Euro and the man himself has just started winning them trophies. This is the same Sir Alex that forked out a then British record £30 million for Rio Ferdinand when he identified that his defence was no longer up to scratch. The same man was willing to pay Ferdinand the top wage before his eight month suspension and when he came back and demanded a pay rise it was the same man who gave it to him. It was recently estimated that Sir Alex has invested £100 million in Rio but few would argue that he hasn't provided "value". Truth is big clubs have always spent big money. That's what Real Madrid did with Ronaldo and what Barcelona did with Alexis Sanchez and Cesc Fabregas. It's what City did with Aguero and Chelsea did with Hazard. Financial Fair Play seems to have been forgotten all about so now has to be the time that Manchester United spend some of the money we keep hearing they have. If you are compiling a Premier League XI aside from Wayne Rooney would anybody from Old Trafford make the list. How about the bench? When you look at recent dealings Sir Alex has clearly opted for potential over anything else but he more than anybody should know that he may not be in the dugout to see that potential blossom. Sir Alex's legacy is of course chiseled in stone but he may only have two years in the game left in him. He can still be the man who takes United to twenty league titles and perhaps another European Cup or he can be the man who bowed out handcuffed by the crippling debt the Glazers saddled his club with.