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Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson was a 'control freak' - Mads Timm

Manchester United's Class of '92 contained players who were a "slave army" to "control freak" Sir Alex Ferguson, according to the club's former youth player Mads Timm.

The Dane made only one appearance for United's first team, as a late substitute in a 3-0 Champions League defeat against Maccabi Haifa in October 2002, before leaving in the summer of 2006. The former forward said that ex-United boss Ferguson once swore at him and called him an "idiot" for turning up to training in a Porsche.

Writing in his autobiography, called Red Devil, Timm said: "He implemented and insisted on a leadership culture and ruthlessly made sure his players dedicated themselves unconditionally to his ideas and hierarchy.