SAD NEWS: Former Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson Shares HEARTBREAKING ANNOUNCEMENT in Emotional BBC Breakfast Interview
Sir Alex Ferguson has told how his younger brother is on his mind “all the time” as he battles dementia.
The former Manchester United manager’s brother, Martin, is living with the condition, and the star now supports a dementia charity called Playlist for Life, which uses music to support people with the illness.
Opening up in an emotional interview on BBC Breakfast, Sir Alex said it was “not easy”.
“He recognises me, you know, but the memory is not great and it’s in the back of my mind all the time,” said the 83-year-old.
“I wonder if he’s in just now, whether I guess you give him a phone call and that. And I try to do that every day, you know, but sometimes, some days you don’t because you’re maybe busy or something like that.”
Asked if it was on his mind a lot, he replied: “It is, yeah, you know, because I’m his brother and I’m saying to myself, I’m only a year ahead of him, you know?
“I think people who get to my age have little worries about, you know, and how their memory is going to stand up. Well, I’m 84 in December. There are moments when I forget things.”
Sir Alex went on: “I probably did that 20 years ago or 30 years ago when I was a manager going through previous games, which is really important in terms of preparation for a football match.”
The star said his memory had “always been important”.
“So I work, I do a lot of crosswords,” he shared. “I read a lot and sing a lot. Since I retired, I’ve done a lot of travelling, which I’ve enjoyed.”
Sir Alex said he has been doing some travelling since his wife Cathy died in 2023.
He said: “I think after my wife passed, I think I was stuck in the house a lot, you know. And I moved house out of the country, next door to my son. And then it’s not good enough, just sitting there watching TV.
“And so I decided to travel and I went to Saudi and to Hong Kong and Berlin.”
His advice to others going through similar, he said, was to “occupy yourself”.
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