He is extremely controlling. Wants everything his way. What Beckham should wear, how he should cut his hair, how many days he should spend on his honeymoon, who should he marry and who should he not be with … Is this OK for you? And he would get away after physically assaulting him? For SAF, everything was always about himself.
Arsene Wenger on the other hand is so different. He only controlled what people ate (and that too, through education and not “enforcement”). I never hear any such stories about him. He too was a winner, wasn’t he? But completely different style of management.
Seems Ferguson controlled through fear while Arsene Wenger coached through love.
It’s easy to look at the records at the end and compare, but when the respective club’s had somewhat similar resources Wenger’s first 1000 games were statistically better than Fergie’s, albeit only just. That gap was only created, and then widened after 2004 when Arsenal couldn’t give Wenger what he needed to compete with a free spending Utd and Chelsea.
Both were absolute geniuses in different ways. But I do wholeheartedly believe if Wenger had the resources of Utd, Chelsea or later City after 2004 he would definitely have won more than just the 3 titles he did.
I get what you are saying. Im just looking at it from the outside and the trophies have to be the gauge of the success of both.