Sir Alex Ferguson lifted the Premier League 13 times as manager of Manchester United.
But if the Scot had not performed the biggest U-turn of his life on the plan to retire at the age of 60 then the legacy of the man widely considered the most successful manager in British football history could have been very different.
It was during an exclusive interview I was granted with Fergie at the start of the 1997-98 season that he revealed his plan to leave behind the job he loved and walk off into the Salford sunset in the summer of 2002.
