Phil Jones: Ferguson understands the personality of each player and treats different players differently.

November 2 News In a recent interview, Phil Jones talked about some things when Ferguson was coaching. He believed that Ferguson understood the players' personalities very well and would manage the team very well.

Jones said: "I've always said the best thing about Ferguson was he knew his squad four weeks in advance. I was out with an ankle injury and I remember him coming to me and saying, 'Get ready for the away game against Wigan, it's an important game, we need to win, you're going to play at right-back,' and it was almost three weeks until the game started."

"I thought, 'Okay, but there's no way I'm going to play, there's still three weeks to go, I'm still recovering from my injury, and I'm still going to play at right-back. Didn’t start training yet.’. On the day of the game, I was really starting at right back, and that’s his aura, he knows how to treat every player.”

“We are talking about coaching and tactics, they are very good at tactics, such as moving in full-backs, rotating players in the tenth position, etc. But it doesn’t matter. What Ferguson has is the understanding of each player and how to interact with them, at what time, how to convey the message. The players will go all out for him."

Ferguson also knew how to criticize when necessary, Jones recalled, saying: "Once, we played against Athletic Bilbao. It was De Gea's first season. Although he was very good, But it was a difficult start to the season and every mistake he made as a goalkeeper resulted in a goal conceded."

"We were leading 1-0 at home against Athletic Bilbao and in the last ten minutes I passed the ball back to him and he tried to clear the ball but it went straight. It fell to the opponent's forward and they scored immediately. I didn't think that I would be responsible for it. After the game, Ferguson severely criticized my return pass and said that it was too heavy for De Gea. "It's back to understanding the players. No problem, I will accept it, but other people may collapse."