Sir Alex Ferguson has hailed the fierce managerial rival who built Newcastle’s “best ever team” amid an ongoing outpouring of affection for Kevin Keegan.
The former Manchester United boss, the man famously on the other end of Keegan’s “I’d love it, absolutely love it, if we beat them” rant, revealed his huge respect for the former Magpies manager following his death at the age of 75 after a battle with cancer.