Mour insecure: How Mourinho differs from Fergie

“He was a wonderful football manager and, often, a great football man. But he could be deeply unpleasant, Fergie.” 

Last weekend, Guardian writer Daniel Taylor, in a column about Leicester City’s rise, detailed a chance encounter with Alex Ferguson and a coterie of associates in Wolfsburg.

Nothing remarkable occurred, just — as Taylor saw it — some everyday, casual rudeness to fans longing for a moment, a blessing, a touch of the ambassadorial blazer.