After Peterborough made the ridiculous decision to sack the manager who had earned them two straight promotions earlier this season, Darren Ferguson has now found a new job with Preston.
Preston are currently 16th in the Championship, eight places above his former club Peterborough, who have won just two of the fifteen games they have played since Ferguson Jnr left.
Darren has today spoken out about his decision to take the Preston job, admitting it was his dad, Sir Alex Ferguson, who pointed him in the right direction.
“I spoke to my father and he knows the club well,” he said. “It would have been wrong not to ask his advice. We agreed this was the right one for me. There were other options but we felt this was the best place for me. Now the challenge is play-off football. This is the 10th year we have been in the Championship. We have hit the bar a couple of times and the challenge is getting to the Premier League. You only have to look around this area and Bolton and Blackburn are there. Burnley have to be a benchmark. They achieved promotion last year and we want to follow that.”
Good luck Darren!
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Hope he does well. The pressure he must be under just being SAF’s son must be massive. has done well so far.Preston will be a good challenge for him. Who better than SAF to guide you or ask for advice?.Most of the league managers do that themselves
It a huge presure being sir alex ferguson’s son, gud luk darren, not 4gettin dat u are also a red
Good luck Darren, people will always have higher expectations of him because he’s Darren FERGUSON, if he was Darren Smith it would be a totally different situation!
when Sir Alex told the chairman he taught he had done all he could do and taught he wanted to work out side aberdeen. the aberdeen mnager said the only place he could see that would suit Alex would be second for bottom Manchester United. I do not think in 25 years darren would be the greatest manager of all time. who knows but if someone with an eye for football like sir alex thinks it fits then Id take there word on it
Good luck wee fergie maybe you’ll get some of our young players down there soon.
Am I the only one who thinks that the pressure on him is not as much as many think …because lets face it he can’t replicate his father’s achievements as no one can…managers like Sir Alex come around once in a 100 years …ppl surely wouldn’t be that stupid to think that Darren of all ppl will be the next SAF …but hey that’s just me !!!
good luck to “not enough time added” Jr…:)
Good luck Dazza. He was treated abysmally by the Posh.
Good luck Darren, keep listening to your Dad, you never know you might be a chip off the old block. I for one wouldn’t say no to Sir Alex 2.0 managing United if you prove to be good enough.
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