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17th May 2016
03:53pm BST

"I first had to finish the job with Dortmund and then think about other things."https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/688135639317938176 So Moyes was third choice? Not exactly. In a Times extract from his soon-to-be released book, Carlo Ancelotti says he also spoke with Ferguson about a switch to Old Trafford. He writes:
'I had already spoken to Real Madrid. For the experience, a manager has to go to Madrid. If it hadn’t been for that, I would have come, 100%.'The Italian went on to win a Champions League with Real - the club's 10th - before being sacked a season later. Such is the musical chair nature of elite football management that Klopp [Liverpool], Guardiola [Manchester City] and Ancelotti [Bayern Munich] are all flush for jobs. Ferguson was also said to be interested in Louis van Gaal but the Dutchman was in the process of getting The Netherlands qualified for the 2014 World Cup. As for the chosen one, Celtic have today confirmed that he was not even interviewed for their vacant manager's position.

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