The Premier League Hall of Fame has officially honoured Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger as its inaugural managers.

The duo won 16 Premier League titles between them across respective long-term spells with Manchester United and Arsenal.

Ferguson is the most accomplished manager in the competition’s history with 13 of their championships. He is the first manager to have achieved the Premier League’s Triple Title on two separate occasions.

Ferguson said: “I’m truly delighted to be inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. It’s an honour when you receive recognition like this. However, it’s not just about me as a person. It’s about the job at Manchester United and the bond we had over many years, so I’m also proud for the club, the staff and my players.

“My job was to send the fans home happy. United’s history and my own expectations were the things that drove me, and I then had to try and develop all my players with the same expectations and make sure we could go out and achieve them.

“I feel Arsene is a very worthy inductee as he transformed Arsenal Football Club fantastically. They became a tough team to compete with and we both wanted to win, which motivated us further. Through the years since retirement, we’d go for dinner together in a little restaurant he knows well in Switzerland. He is a really interesting man and I enjoy his company, but it is still my job to pick the wine!”

👑 The greatest.

Sir Alex Ferguson has been inducted in the @PremierLeague Hall of Fame 👏#MUFC || #PL

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) March 29, 2023

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Wenger arrived in England as one of the Premier League’s first foreign coaches in 1996, swiftly proving sceptics wrong by converting Arsenal into title winners and influencing the culture of English football with his scouting and culinary skills.

At Arsenal, he won three Premier League titles, including an unbeaten ‘Invincibles season in 2003/04.

Wenger said: “I am very grateful to have been selected for the Premier League Hall of Fame. We always wanted to give something special to the fans and when you have players capable of remarkable things, the most important thing for me is the obligation of perfection.

“I’d like to be known as someone who loved Arsenal, who respected the values of the club and left it in a position where it can grow and become even bigger.

“To share this with Sir Alex is a great honour for me. It’s like two boxers, you fight like mad and go the distance together. At the end of the day, you have respect and it will be a great opportunity to meet with him, share a good bottle of wine and memories of our old battles.”

🥁 Our latest inductee to the Premier League Hall of Fame…

It’s a special entry, Gooners 🙌

🏆 One gold trophy
❤️ One Arsene Wenger pic.twitter.com/iNsBbe1A9t

— Arsenal (@Arsenal) March 29, 2023

In addition to Ferguson and Wenger, there are 16 other inductees in the Premier League Hall of Fame.

When the Hall of Fame was established in 2021, Alan Shearer and Thierry Henry were the first two individuals to be inducted. During that year, they were followed by David Beckham, Eric Cantona, Roy Keane, Frank Lampard, Dennis Bergkamp, and Steven Gerrard.

Inductees for 2022 were Ian Wright, Peter Schmeichel, Paul Scholes, Didier Drogba, Vincent Kompany, Patrick Vieira, and Sergio Aguero.

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Following Wout Weghorst’s first goal for the team on Wednesday night, Manchester United legend Roy Keane praised the club’s choice to sign him on a loan this month.

Weghorst, who has started United’s last three games in all competitions in the absence of Anthony Martial, found the net to double his new team’s lead at a crucial moment in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest.

Weghorst struggled at Burnley in extremely difficult circumstances following a £20m transfer from Wolfsburg last January. But, in his own words, he believes he is a good fit for the system that Erik ten Hag has implemented in Manchester.

“People have been critical that he’s come to the club. That’s what he’s been brought to the club for. Huge goal for United,” former United captain Keane said on Sky Sports.

“Man Utd had to bring someone in. The manager made it clear, there was no money to spend. They lost [Cristiano] Ronaldo, questions marks about Anthony Martial’s fitness. So I can see why they gambled on [Weghorst].”

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Keane said that Weghorst may also assist Marcus Rashford to continue to have a significant influence. Last week, Weghorst’s movement in the penalty area against Crystal Palace made Bruno Fernandes‘ goal feasible.

“I don’t think he’ll be a prolific goalscorer but if he pops up with the odd important goal like that and he helps Marcus. He’s an international player – he’s no mug!” the retired midfielder said.

“The perception about him, because he struggled in a Burnley team that were having a difficult season, people kind of judge him on that. Give the guy a chance, he scored an important goal for United. Good luck to him. 

“His lack of pace can be a problem when United are trying to play on the counter-attack but they’ll need to play to his strengths. He linked up well, took his goal well.

“There’s a reason he came on loan, because he’s obviously not top level. But the important thing is that the manager knows him well. You need characters in your dressing room.”

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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag lauded “unstoppable” striker Marcus Rashford for performing “crazy stuff” in the final third.

With a magnificent solo effort just six minutes into Wednesday’s first leg of United’s Carabao Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest, Rashford extended his scoring streak to 10 goals in 10 games since the international break.

Wout Weghorst scored the game’s opening goal for Ten Hag’s team, and Bruno Fernandes added two more quality goals each side of halftime to secure a comfortable 3-0 victory. However, the Dutchman was only praising one guy.

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“In this mood and with this spirit, he (Rashford) is unstoppable,” Ten Hag told reporters after the match. “He can be creative in the final third, to do something in the final third; some crazy stuff, fantasy and adventure.”

Rashford’s contributions ensure that United will continue to be the only English team capable of winning all three domestic competitions, with the League Cup offering United the best chance of all three to end their six-year trophy drought.

Ten Hag wasn’t the only person to wax poetic over Rashford’s recent performances; former United and Forest player Roy Keane asserted that the 25-year-old is at the height of his powers right now.

Although the 3-0 lead gained at Old Trafford may allow Ten Hag to rest some crucial players, United’s demanding schedule continues with an FA Cup fourth-round match against Reading up next on Saturday and the semi-final return leg on Wednesday.

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After Manchester United’s tenuous title aspirations were destroyed with a loss to Arsenal, Roy Keane questioned the competence of four of the team’s stars.

Eddie Nketiah scored his second of the game in the 89th minute to put Arsenal five points clear at the top of the table.

United were without Casemiro for the game at the Emirates which saw Scott McTominay come into the side, while Aaron-Wan Bissaka was playing in place of the injured Diogo Dalot.

McTominay’s inclusion came at the expense of Fred, who had been expected to start after excelling against Manchester City last weekend.

Before the hour mark, Arsenal took the lead thanks to Bukayo Saka, who terrorized Luke Shaw the whole game.

Even though United put up a strong fight in north London, according to Keane, the presence of Shaw, Wan-Bissaka, Fred, and McTominay demonstrated that the team is still “far short” of being a title contender.

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‘The last few days have been difficult with dropping points at Palace and obviously the defeat today but that’s what the game does to you.

‘United weren’t at their best but you think: ‘Can you hang on for a draw?’ Take the point and move on.

‘But it goes back to United, they’ve made progress but at the end of the game I’m looking at Shaw at left-back, there’s questions over him. Wan-Bissaka, Fred is back in midfield, McTominay. It’s like United haven’t moved on from the problems of the past.

‘I’m not just blaming those players because it was a tough game and credit to Arsenal but this is a reality check. I’ve been saying for the last few weeks I still think United are well short.

‘I know they’re missing some important players today but that’s the game, you’re going to be missing players. A squad like Manchester United should be able to deal with it.When the going gets tough in the last 20 minutes you’re looking at the options off the bench and it wasn’t great.

‘For all the money United have spent they’re still well short. We saw that today against an Arsenal side that are flying.’

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Premier League legends, Jamie Carragher and Roy Keane have disagreed over the three best players in the English Premier League top flight.

The two legends disagreed on whether Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United and Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool should be included in the top three league players.

When asked to name the top three Premier League players, the two analysts — Kevin de Bruyne and Erling Haaland of Manchester City, who have both had outstanding seasons thus far — came to an agreement.

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As for the third name on the list, legendary Liverpool player Carragher chose Van Dijk, while former teammate Keane chose Ronaldo.

“Kevin De Bruyne I think has been the best player in the league for four or five years, you’ve got to say, Haaland, now he is an absolute global superstar and despite his form this season I’m going to still say Virgil van Dijk,” said Carragher.

Keane said, “De Bruyne, Haaland and Ronaldo.”

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Liverpool legend, Jamie Carragher, has mocked the claims of Rio Ferdinand about the award-winning football star, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Rio Ferdinand and Jamie Carragher got into a Twitter argument after the Liverpool legend called the former United player a “Cristiano Ronaldo fan boy.”

The argument broke out after Carragher claimed Erik ten Hag was correct to sit Ronaldo during Sunday’s 6-3 loss for United to Man City.

The 37-year-old remained on the bench at the Etihad, with the Dutchman admitting afterwards that he didn’t bring Ronaldo on in the second half out of ‘respect’ for his career, due to the scoreline.

Carragher has been a critic of Ronaldo and said from the outset of his return to Old Trafford that United were wrong to bring him back.

However, Ferdinand disagreed with Ten Hag’s decision to drop Ronaldo and feels he should be starting games regularly.

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Carragher described the criticism of Ten Hag’s decision not to play Ronaldo as ‘laughable.

The tweet drew a response from Ferdinand, who mocked Carragher by saying he was annoyed that Ronaldo blanked him – which is in reference to an incident this season when the Portugal skipper refused to shake his hand.

Carragher then claimed that Ferdinand was part of a clan of former United stars that defend Ronaldo, saying he’s a ‘fan boy’.

Ferdinand ridiculed Carragher for being ‘bullied’ by former United captain Roy Keane and denied that there is a WhatsApp group for former players.

Recall, Reports on Monday emerged Ronaldo has been granted permission to leave the club in the January transfer window. The striker was absent from United’s pre-season tour and he has started just one Premier League game this season.

In the summer transfer window, Ronaldo asked to leave the team, but Ten Hag wanted to keep him at Old Trafford

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