Sir Alex Ferguson, ɗaya daga cikin manajan da suka fi lashe kofuna a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa, ya bayyana tsoro da ya ji lokacin da ya koma Old Trafford a karon farko bayan ya sami zubar jini a kwakwalwarsa a watan Mayu 2018 — da kuma rayuwarsa mai ban mamaki da ta kai shi wurin.

A hirarsa da BBC Breakfast, Ferguson ya tuna damuwarsa lokacin da ya sake shiga filin wasa watanni huɗu bayan tiyata na gaggawa. "Ina so in ce na ji daɗi. Amma ban ji ba," ya amince. Ba sai ya damu ba. Da shi da matarsa Cathy suka zauna a akwatin daraktoci, taron ya tashi ƙafa ɗaya domin maraba da su. "Matata tana tare da ni, kuma ta kusan kuka. Da muka zauna, ta ce 'wannan abu ne mai ban mamaki'."

Murya da ta ɓace, ta kuma dawo

Ferguson, wanda yana da shekaru 76 lokacin zubar jinin kuma ya riga ya yi ritaya shekaru biyar, ya kwatanta kwanakin bayan tiyata a matsayin mafi tsoro na rayuwarsa. "Na rasa muryata; ban iya magana ba," ya ce. "Na tuna lokacin da jikokinai suka zo ziyarce ni kuma ba ni da murya."

Warwarewa ta zo ta hanyar maganin magana, tare da motsa jiki kamar rubuta sunayen tsuntsaye, dabbobi, da koguna. Yanzu yana gab da shekaru 85, Ferguson ya ce: "Ina jin daɗi sosai duk da ƙananan rauni."

Sabon littafi, wasanni 21 na mahimmanci

Ferguson ya rubuta Games of My Life, tarihin rayuwarsa da aka gina a kusa da wasanni 21 da suka tsara rayuwarsa a matsayin ɗan wasa da kuma manaja — daga ƙarshen kofin makaranta na Govan High School a Glasgow a 1955, yana da shekaru 13 kawai, har zuwa ritayarsa daga Manchester United a 2013 bayan lashe kofuna 38 cikin shekaru 26.

"Wannan shi ne wurin da na fara," ya ce yana ɗauke da lambar yabo da ya samu daga nasarar 1955 ta. Ferguson ya ba wa ƙuruciyarsa a Govan kuɗi don samar da shi, yana samun kwarin gwiwarsa ta ciki daga uwarsa Elizabeth da ƙwazon nasara daga mahaifinsa Alexander, wanda ya yi aiki a masana'antun jiragen ruwa na Govan a Kogin Clyde.

Kusan bar ƙwallon ƙafa saboda Canada

Kafin ya ci Turai da Manchester United, Ferguson kusan ya bar ƙwallon ƙafa gaba ɗaya. A lokacin da yake cikin ajiyar St Johnstone da bai ji daɗi ba, a ɓoye ya cika takardu don yin ƙaura zuwa Canada, har ma ya kira gidanmansa a wurin ya nemi mai bada tallafi.

Washegari, barkewar mura ta rage 'yan wasan St Johnstone kafin wasa da Rangers a Ibrox. An tura samarin mai shekaru 21 zuwa cikin tawagar farko — ya jefa hat-trick. "Zan ce wa matasa — kada ku rasa mafi girman damar rayuwarku. Mahimmancin shi ne gane ta," ya ce.

Sayar da Ince — ba tare da nadama ba

An yi hira kafin Premier League ta sanar da cewa Manchester City sun sami laifi na karya ƙa'idodin kuɗi, kuma ya kuma nuna wasiƙu masu fushi daga magoya bayan Manchester United da aka rubuta a 1955 suna adawa da yiwuwar sayar da ɗan wasan tsakiya Paul Ince zuwa Inter Milan. Ɗaya ya karanta: "Kada ka sayar da Incey zuwa Inter — ko za ka nadama."

Ferguson ya sayar da Ince da fam miliyan 7.5, da idanunsa sun riga sun kalli sabon tsara. "Ina kallon Paul Scholes na ce 'ya kamata mu yi?' Tayin Milan ya tashi daga miliyan 7 zuwa miliyan 7.5 na ce 'yi'," Ferguson ya tuna. "Wannan shi ne aikin manaja. Dole ne ka yanke shawarwari masu wuya."

Biyu sun sami tashin hankali a fili — Ferguson ya taɓa kiran Ince da wata kalma da ya ce ya nadama daga baya — amma sun sulhunta tun lokacin. "Shi abokina ne mai kyau," Ferguson ya ce. "Ya kasance yana zuwa ya buga snooker tare da ni."

Ba za ka iya lashe kome da yara ba — ko za ka iya?

Bayan Ince da ɗan wasan gaba Mark Hughes sun bar Manchester United a lokacin rani na 1995, tsohon ɗan baya na Liverpool da Scotland Alan Hansen ya sanar a talabijin: "Ba za ka iya lashe kome da yara ba," bayan da aka yi rashin nasara 3-1 a ranar farko a hannun Aston Villa. Amsar Ferguson ita ce sakin tsara duka na samari — Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, da David Beckham a gaban duka.

Zuwa Mayu 1996, Manchester United sun lashe biyu Premier League da FA Cup. "Sun ƙara wani abu. Ban da ƙwarewarsu mai girma, suna da sha'awa," Ferguson ya ce.

Ya bayyana cewa David Beckham, wanda aka aro zuwa Preston a watan Maris 1995, ya ji tsoron ana son kawar da shi. "Ya yi tunanin ina ƙoƙarin kawar da shi, wanda ba gaskiya ba ne," Ferguson ya ce. "David shi ne na ƙarshe da ya ci gaba da gaske saboda jikinsa. Ko da yake ya girma zuwa tsayin santimita 183, yana ƙarami ne kuma yana da ƙanƙanta lokacin ƙuruciyarsa."

Ferguson ya ce amincewa da samari falsafa ce da ta samo asali tun lokacin da yake jagorantar St Mirren da Aberdeen: "Idan ka ba su damar, abubuwa biyu na iya faruwa — suna zama taurari na gaskiya kuma suna iya kasancewa aminci gare ka a matsayin manaja."