Gordon Strachan admits fearing for his life on the occasions he found himself at the gusty end of the infamous Alex Ferguson ‘hairdryer’ .
A slight exaggeration on the former Scotland manager’s part perhaps. But he is deadly serious when he says nothing he ever encountered in football was as ferocious as the tirades Ferguson unleashed on his Aberdeen players during their dominance of Scottish football four decades ago.Yet after six years of living on his nerves at Pittodrie, Strachan still found himself helping lay the foundations for his old gaffer to join him at Manchester United in 1986.He can only reason that it’s because the man – who would go on to bring unparalleled success to Old Trafford – is a motivational master.The best
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