Steve Diamond reckons he can take Sale Sharks to this season’s Premiership final - with help from Sir Alex Ferguson. Diamond has built a formidable squad with England stars Manu Tuilagi and Tom Curry joining World Cup winners Faf de Klerk and Lood de Jager.
Occasional conversations with legendary football boss Ferguson have convinced him that he is on the right road. “Through socialising occasionally with Alex he drilled into me how he used to run his squads,” Diamond revealed. “His squads were 22 + 2, two XIs plus two spares.
I try to work on the same mentality, running two XVs plus two spares. Highest quality you can get with the common goal of being successful.” Ferguson part owns the racehorse Give Me A Copper with Sale co-owner Ged
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