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Conor McGregor: Why I'm a Red

Combat sports phenomenon ‘The Notorious’ offered a fascinating insight into his Reds allegiance during a Q&A with FIFA.com, paying tribute to fellow Irishmen Roy Keane and Denis Irwin.

McGregor also described Sir Alex Ferguson as “the don of football” and offered praise for the work that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was doing as caretaker manager at that time.

United heroes Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic were other subjects of his attention – check out some of the highlights of the interview here…

WHO I FOLLOWED GROWING UP

“I was more a player than a watcher back then, but Manchester United was my team.