Get Manchester United FC updates directly to your inbox Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailUnder Sir Alex Ferguson, the culture at Manchester United was to push, relentlessly, to win. According to author Professor Damian Hughes, these "strong, occasionally belligerent characters" were also "leaders who protected and defended the team's cultural DNA." Club legend Gary Neville has suggested that the culture Ferguson cultivated so well at United has all but disappeared with Jose Mourinho at the helm. In an article on Training Ground Guru about what Manchester United and culture, Prof Hughes uses a story about Keane's handling of Kieran Richardson to illustrate a point about the importance of leadership. (Image: Manchester United)(Image: AFP)Febian Brandy, a former youth team player at United, recalled: “I was about 13 when Kieran Richardson had just made the first-team squad.

Source: Daily Mirror October 03, 2018 08:03 UTC