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Alex Ferguson Lands $3M Deal To Make 20 Appearances As ManU Ambassador

05 / 23 / 13

JASON FERGUSON "is masterminding" father ALEX FERGUSON 's "hugely lucrative post-management options" nine years after the ManU board pledged never to do business again with his football agency, according to Charles Sale of the London DAILY MAIL. Jason Ferguson's disbanded Elite Sport "ceased to a...

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