Sir Alex Ferguson today told a court how he would make an example out of Ryan Giggs in the Manchester United dressing room, but insisted that he never saw him get ‘angry or aggressive’.
The legendary ex-football boss, 80, who managed Giggs throughout the vast majority of his career, said he would give the Welsh midfielder the ‘sharp end of my tongue’ when he was upset at his team’s performance.
But the tough-talking Scottish manager insisted ‘I knew he could take it’. And speaking from the witness box in Giggs’ domestic assault trial, he also praised his former player’s temperament as ‘wonderful’.
Sir Alex appeared at Manchester Crown Court as a character witness for Giggs, who is accused of ‘headbutting’ his ex-girlfriend Kate Greville during a row at his £1.7million mansion in Worsley, Greater Manchester, in November 2020.
The former Wales midfielder is also accused of assaulting Ms Greville’s sister Emma during the same row and using coercive and controlling behaviour. He denies…
