Sir Alex Ferguson Took Drastic Act After Finding Man Utd Dressing Room Leak

Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson didn't hold back after discovering a leak in his dressing room.

It's already been years since long-serving United legend Ferguson called time on his nearly 27 year-long tenure at the club and announced his retirement from management.

The Scotsman won an incredible total of 38 trophies with United and is still widely regarded as perhaps the greatest football manager of all time.

But he certainly didn't achieve this success by being soft or nice to everyone along the way, as Ferguson is instead remembered for his ruthless decision making and no nonsense attitude towards his players.

And, according to fellow club legend Ryan Giggs, on one occasion this led to Ferguson taking a brutal action after discovering that there had been a team leak within his dressing room.

Ryan Giggs is one of the best players to play under Ferguson. (Image: John Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)

As social media has continued to develop, teamsheets for massive Premier League matches leaking ahead of kick-off has become more and more commonplace.

But during the height of his career at United, such a leak was completely unacceptable for Ferguson, and when it eventually happened, he reacted swiftly.

Speaking exclusively to SPORTbible, via BetSelect, Giggs revealed: "I remember him taking our phones away from us once. I think we were playing City. In the previous game, the team had been leaked. So he took everyone's phone off them before he named the team.

"We got our phones back after the game. They're the things that he would do to negate any negativity."

Giggs spent over 20 years playing under Ferguson at United and although they fell out on several occasions, the Welshman has nothing but respect for his former boss and his clear talents as a manager.

"One of the manager's real strengths was communication," Giggs added.

"Twitter was just coming out towards probably the end of the manager's career. So he did see the impact that social media was beginning to have, but obviously not to the level it is now.

"He would communicate right at the beginning of each season what the rules are, and if you broke those rules, you would be punished. It's as simple as that. So you would know exactly where you stood."

Sir Alex Ferguson made a name for himself for his ruthless actions. (Image: Tom Purslow/Manchester United via Getty Images)

In recent years, there has been several reports about fallouts within the United dressing room and the manager that led to team leaks and other negative stories in the media.

Recently the likes of Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho, and Kobbie Mainoo have publicly fallen out with current manager Ruben Amorim, with Mainoo's brother spotted wearing a t-shirt reading 'Free Kobbie Mainoo' during United's 4-4 draw with Bournemouth last week.

But Giggs is unsure if such public fallouts would have even happened under Ferguson, in part due to the open black or white attitude of the manager, and because of the dire repercussions a player would face for behaving in such a way.

Giggs added: "Whether the players playing under him then would try some of the things that are being tried today, I'm not sure, because you knew the consequences.

"You knew that he had the power to get rid of players. So, I would have tread carefully if I were a player on social media under Sir Alex. It would have been quite black-and-white. If you said something about him or a teammate or the club, you would have been punished.