Bobby is Stan’s ideal right hand man, says Fergie

ALEX FERGUSON believes Bobby Robson is the key figure in the new Irish managerial team headed by Steve Staunton.

When asked yesterday how he thought Staunton and Robson would fare, the United manager waxed lyrical about the former England manager whereas his only reference to Staunton suggested a concern at his lack of previous managerial posts.

“He doesn’t have any experience,” said Ferguson, who was in Dublin for the launch of the new Murphy Gunn Newlyn Group professional cycling team. “None at all.”