The 71-year-old is the most
successful manager in the history of English football, having won 38
trophies – including 13 Premier League titles – since taking over from
Ron Atkinson in November 1986.
Ferguson will say his goodbyes
to the Old Trafford crowd after Sunday’s home clash against Swansea
before taking on a role as an ambassador on the United board of
directors.
In a statement on United’s
official website, Ferguson said: “The decision to retire is one that I
have thought a great deal about and one that I have not taken lightly.
It is the right time.
When the dictators incarcerate valued and exceptional
leaders without justice, it is not only to bar them from their
followers, but to break their soul in irreversible manner. Today our
brave Ethiopians broke the passion of the oppressor by having a wedding
inside the notorious Qaliti prison. Even if the bride and groom made
their contact behind the miserable fence, they have touched millions on
their shiny love story for generations to come. Yes, the participants
sang cultural and religious songs! But they were also singing a freedom
anthem about their famous leader Abubekir Ahmed while approaching the
prison.
Ethiopian Muslims have showed their unwavering struggle to
earn their freedom of religion in a peaceful routine. The ruling junta
attempted to interrupt this nonviolent routine in several occasions,
they have sent cadres to trigger chaos inside demonstrations, they have
recruited influential figures and prominent preachers, but they failed
miserably.
Ethiopian Muslims have contained the malicious strategy
of T.P.L.F in extreme superior custom, by applying patriotic and
peaceful ways en route for their freedom. Today’s wedding is a
reflection of dominance under the constitution, they are demonstrating
by preparing a historical wedding inside the prison, a motorcade was
making a parade, a forceful honk streamed throughout Addis Ababa, the
youth clapped and sang happily by dreaming tomorrow. There was a chorus
among the women, you perhaps take our men to the jail, but we will get
married among the innocent prisoners until you fade up arresting our
men. The government could brag for having strong military force, but
today’s wedding was powerful enough to contain the heart and minds of
the military.What a peaceful struggle!