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Keeping players happy is not easy and I think anyone with a big squad will tell you that.

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Alex Ferguson
Age: 82
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Manager
Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
Player
Anyone
Happy
Bigs
Easy
Tell
Squad
Think
Keeping
Thinking
Players

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