Sir Alex Ferguson Manchester United decision used as Celtic example for summer transfer window

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There are few managers in football who have had the same impact on the game as Sir Alex Ferguson.

It doesn’t matter where his allegiances lie, either, with his 27 years at Manchester United becoming the main crux of his career.

It’s safe to say the fiery Scot had difficult personnel decisions to make every single day at Old Trafford and had to deal with giant personalities in the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Eric Cantona and Roy Keane to name a few.

But there was one call Michael Stewart believes Celtic can take Sir Alex’s lead on and that concerns talk of a possible Kyogo summer transfer return.

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Kyogo has been told to pack his bags from Rennes after losing the trust of Habib Beye and then the Japanese being humiliated by the manager.

Yet Stewart has suggested that Celts don’t bother attempting to bring the £10million 30-year-old back to Parkhead and he used a Fergie career moment as backup to his point.

“What I hadn’t appreciated was that when (Peter Schmeichel) left United, obviously there was difficulty replacing him,” Stewart began.

“In the first season it was Mark Bosnich and Massimo Taibi. It wasn’t in the documentary, but apparently that first season Peter went out to Sporting CP, there was a verbal agreement that they were gonna let him go back to United on a free transfer.

Kyogo’s chances of staying at Rennes are slim

“And that the gaffer actually then said, ‘No, I’m not gonna do it. I need to look to the future’.

“It’s just relative to what we’re talking about (with Kyogo), but he’s probably wishing he did bring him back!”

Kyogo’s decision to leave Celtic back in January came as the hitman was desperate to break into the Japan squad for coming fixtures as well as the World Cup.

But Stewart felt Kyogo’s exit NEVER made sense as he questioned why the player would want to leave Scotland’s biggest club.

The striker has put on a brave face ever since although it appears as though Kyogo has finally resigned himself to leaving Rennes when the window opens.