He said: “Most players want to play for Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal or Liverpool.
“But when they see a club they think is topsy-turvy, with a divide between the manager and the directors, then they might think twice. When the choice comes, they want to join a stable club.”
He continued: “Rafa has brought in a lot of his players because of his Spanish connections. If an English manager was to come into Liverpool, that connection is gone.”
Ferguson added: “Twenty years ago, Liverpool was a closely knit and well-run club. When Peter Robinson was secretary it was a tightly run ship.
“I’ve been very fortunate at United because I have had good directors — people like Bobby Charlton and Martin Edwards, who always supported me very well so there’s unity there.
“You should allow a manager to get on with his job.
“I have never been refused money and I have more-or-less got any player I wanted.
“What we are seeing today is that there are factions in every club. We’ve had our factions over the years, and those factions try to interfere with the running of the club.
“It’s unfair of them to try to do that and, in some cases, they are just young men, people who’ve been supporting the club only 10 or 15 years.
“It always seems to be younger people. You see all these supporters’ federations being quoted in modern times.”
