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How Sir Alex Ferguson built his last great Manchester United side

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Manchester United beat Chelsea 2 -0 in 2008 Champions League final in Moscow .
Rio Ferdinand says Cristiano Ronaldo was left in tears by Sir Alex Ferguson 's hairdryer in 2004 .
Ferdinand: 'I remember we'd been to Portugal and played well because he was young and really trying to impress and show why he had gone to Manchester United' .
Carlos Queiroz was Manchester United's assistant manager under Sir Alex Ferguson .
He was part of a wider internationalisation of the Premier League .
Rooney and Ronaldo were part of Ferguson 's gift for reinvention that also included recruitment, with a specific brief: to bridge a gap between Premier League and European football.
Rooney was at the heart of this driving ambition of Ferguson - another Champions League title to take back to Old Trafford .
Manchester United beat Milan 3-2 in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final in Moscow in 2008 .
Rooney and Ferdinand recall Sir Alex Ferguson 's team-talk of his life.
Ferguson took his players back to the shipyards of Glasgow 's east-end in one of 'probably Sir Alex 's best team talks' Ferguson was the son of a shipbuilder in Glasgow and spent time before his managerial career as a pub landlord in the city.
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