Sir Alex Ferguson reveals near exit from football at age 16

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has opened up about his brain haemorrhage in 2018 during a candid interview withthe BBC. United supporters were also concerned for the health of their former manager in May this year when he was taken tohospitalbefore the club's match at Old Trafford, but fortunately he made a full recovery.

Brain Haemorrhage Ferguson told the British news station that he was "terrified" returning to Old Trafford after his major health scare in 2018. He claimed, "I wish I could say I was comfortable.

My wife was with me, and she was nearly crying. When we sat down, she said: 'That's fantastic'" in regard to the standing ovation he received from the Old Trafford crowd.

The former manager also revealed that he initially lost his voice after the incident. He explained, "that was a frightening moment.

I remember my grandsons coming to see me and I had lost my voice. Then they brought in a therapist and she started doing things like asking me to write down the names of birds, names of animals, names of rivers.

That way my voice came back." Canada Ferguson would become one of the most famous contributors to football's storied history, but he almost gave it up at just 16. After he began playing for St Johnstone at just 16 years old, he revealed he almost gave up on his dream before it had even started.

He explained, "I wasn't enjoying it. I wasn't playing first-team football; I was in the reserves all the time.

I filled out all the forms and phoned my aunt in Canada, because you needed a sponsor then, and never told my mother and father."

As fate would have it, in 1963, St Johnstone had a flu bug in their dressing room and Ferguson was drafted into the starting line-up to face Rangers at Ibrox.

He scored a hat-trick and never looked back.