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In this case Levy was very much within his rights to make it as hard as possible for ManU to take Carrick away (not made easy by Carrick's own insistence on wanting to leave).
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foo...ester-united-transfer-difficult-a3502366.html
Sir Alex Ferguson: Tottenham's Daniel Levy made Michael Carrick's Manchester United transfer 'difficult'
Sir Alex Ferguson says that Manchester United were forced to bide their time to sign Michael Carrick during "very hard" transfer negotiations with Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy.
Carrick became a key player in Spurs after arriving from West Ham in 2004, dominating midfield to earn the attention of United two years later.
Spurs rejected a bid for Carrick from United in early June before eventually agreeing a deal worth over £18million in late July, with the England international going on to star at Old Trafford.
The midfielder won five Premier League titles and the Champions League under Ferguson's guidance, and the legendary manager will once again coach Carrick for the 34-year-old's United testimonial on June 4.
Despite Carrick's United career being one of almost uninterrupted success, Ferguson has revealed that the move looked in doubt at times due to Levy's famously tough negotiating stance.
"I must say negotiations were very difficult and went on for ages," Ferguson told the club's official website.
"I always remember I thought it was done and [former United chief executive] David Gill phoned me on the golf course to say they want more.
"Typical Daniel Levy!
“It was very hard to negotiate but, at the end of the day, we got it through and, ever since he joined us, he’s had a fantastic career."
Dimitar Berbatov followed Carrick from Tottenham to United in 2008 in a £30m deadline-day deal, despite Spurs' initial complaints over the Red Devils' pursuit of the Bulgarian striker.
Ferguson was also left impressed by Carrick's decision to leave the north-east for West Ham as a teenager, adding: "A 16-year-old kid going way down from Newcastle to east London - that’s a trek, and it epitomised to me the confidence the boy had in himself. That impressed me."
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foo...ester-united-transfer-difficult-a3502366.html
Sir Alex Ferguson: Tottenham's Daniel Levy made Michael Carrick's Manchester United transfer 'difficult'
Sir Alex Ferguson says that Manchester United were forced to bide their time to sign Michael Carrick during "very hard" transfer negotiations with Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy.
Carrick became a key player in Spurs after arriving from West Ham in 2004, dominating midfield to earn the attention of United two years later.
Spurs rejected a bid for Carrick from United in early June before eventually agreeing a deal worth over £18million in late July, with the England international going on to star at Old Trafford.
The midfielder won five Premier League titles and the Champions League under Ferguson's guidance, and the legendary manager will once again coach Carrick for the 34-year-old's United testimonial on June 4.
Despite Carrick's United career being one of almost uninterrupted success, Ferguson has revealed that the move looked in doubt at times due to Levy's famously tough negotiating stance.
"I must say negotiations were very difficult and went on for ages," Ferguson told the club's official website.
"I always remember I thought it was done and [former United chief executive] David Gill phoned me on the golf course to say they want more.
"Typical Daniel Levy!
“It was very hard to negotiate but, at the end of the day, we got it through and, ever since he joined us, he’s had a fantastic career."
Dimitar Berbatov followed Carrick from Tottenham to United in 2008 in a £30m deadline-day deal, despite Spurs' initial complaints over the Red Devils' pursuit of the Bulgarian striker.
Ferguson was also left impressed by Carrick's decision to leave the north-east for West Ham as a teenager, adding: "A 16-year-old kid going way down from Newcastle to east London - that’s a trek, and it epitomised to me the confidence the boy had in himself. That impressed me."
