{"id":31421,"date":"2013-05-08T10:58:33","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T09:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=31421"},"modified":"2013-05-08T10:58:33","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T10:58:33","slug":"alex-fergusons-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/alex-fergusons-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement: social media reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sir Alex Ferguson announced his retirement this morning after 26 years as manager of Manchester United.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The news followed speculation and rumour which culminated last night in a series of articles across news sites.
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It was the Telegraph\u2019s: \u2018Sir Alex Ferguson must leave Manchester United completely when he decides to retire<\/a>\u2019 by Jim White that seems to have sparked the rumour mill. The article discussed the possibility of retirement and included a poll for Ferguson\u2019s successor.<\/p>\n

As it stands, the Telegraph poll has today\u2019s favourite<\/a> Jos\u00e9 Mourinho out in front, followed by previous favourite David Moyes and Borussia Dortmund manager J\u00fcrgen Klopp. Using Cision Social Media<\/a> to create a conversation cloud, we can see that the three are also part of the social network discussion about Ferguson\u2019s replacement.
\"wordThe timeline of the replacement mentions is much more revealing, with Moyes surfacing several times yesterday as the favourite and peaking ahead of Mourinho today.
\"AThese three obviously aren\u2019t the only choices; Cision\u2019s own Mital Patel has put David Beckham\u2019s name into consideration and Twitter has thrown up other ex-players.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Forget Mourinho… it’s gotta be Babyface Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to replace Ferguson. #Fergieretires<\/a> #MUFC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Corey Stephenson (@MrCorey) May 8, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n