Marcello Lippi said he was surprised to hear Alex Ferguson has decided to resign from his position as coach of Manchester United this season. According to Lippi, in a number of meetings with him, Ferguson always said that soccer is his life.

Marcello Lippi said he was surprised to hear Alex Ferguson has decided to resign from his position as coach of Manchester United this season. According to Lippi, in a number of meetings with him, Ferguson always said that soccer is his life.

Ferguson said he would quit as manager of Manchester United end the season on Wednesday (08/05/2013). Through his official website, Chelsea said that after retiring as a manager, Ferguson will still work at MU as a director and ambassador for the club.

"I did not expect this. I do not think (Ferguson) had no desire to stop. I often talk to him, including the last few years, and he always told me that football was his life, so he did not want to go home to meet his boss (his wife , Cathy), "said Lippi.

"For him, the right thing is traveling the world as an ambassador for football, not only for Manchester United," he added.

Regarding her relationship with Ferguson, Lippi said, "Often he told me that he makes Juventus example to build outstanding MU team. I do not speak in English, while he spoke English, which is not common, so we talked to use a translator. Later , we found that we could both French, so that we can communicate that way. "

"We relate very well and will exchange the bottle. Whiskey He sends me and I sent it Italian wine," he said.

Manchester United's stock price on the New York Stock Exchange fell at the opening session of trade in response to the resignation of coach Alex Ferguson, who has 26 years coaching the club from the northern England.

At the opening session on Wednesday (05/08/2013), MU shares continue to slide down. Shortly after opening, the Red Devils club's shares down position dollarAS 17.92 per share, and hold it down until touching 17.7 U.S. dollars per share. The stock previously closed at position 18.77 dollars per share.

Until now Manchester United's market capitalization reached 3.07 billion U.S. dollars, or around Rp 30 trillion, with a ratio of stock price to earnings per share (price to earnings ratio) reached 75.79 times.

The average revenue per employee annually by Manchester United's 800 820 U.S. dollars, or approximately USD 7.7 billion.

As is known, the Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, will retire at the end of the season. According to an announcement issued by the club on Wednesday (05/08/2013), via the club's official website.

The most successful coach in English football will resign after the match against West Bromwich Albion, May 19. Announced her retirement, Ferguson said, "The decision to retire these are things that I think carefully and not easy.'s The right time.