When football is all you've known for most of your lifetime, it can often be very hard to give it up. Sir Alex Ferguson recently admitted the 2014 Champions League final was the only game he's watched that made him 'miss' management – but he still seems to be very much enjoying his role as ambassador for the club.
Ferguson retired in the best way possible in 2013 after leading Manchester United to their 20th Premier League title. But his influence is still felt throughout the Old Trafford club - and he helped the club pull off two of their biggest transfers this summer.
Sir Alex has taken to his ambassadorial duties like a duck to water, but there's also one signing he tried to help get over the line that United failed in.
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