Then you find yourself in a controversial moment and when I have to be blunt about and you can smack me around metaphorically.

You need to be blunt about all the things, don't you?

Well, I think it's the best way to be.

Janagi needs to look at himself, I think, as well last season because I don't always agree with him in terms of that they played good football.

But which Champions League final do you think about most?

A losing one.

And then you turn your guns to Ferguson.

And you're right in there that he's effectively tapped you up and that at times, and I'm paraphrasing,

just for my own amusement, that he's a tactical minnow.

What precisely, mate, did you think was going to happen as a result right now?

This is up front with me, Simon Jordan. I believe there are a lot of vacuous, uninformed,

unchallenged opinions out there. I want to get to the bottom line and cut through the nonsense.

So on this podcast with William Hill, I'm going to get people with strong views who think

they can stand them up under proper scrutiny. There's a good

chance I might learn something along the way, but more importantly, so might you. Joining me in

today's episode, a defender who left his mark at some of the biggest clubs in Europe. At

Man United, he would lift three league titles and a Champions League before his time at Old Trafford

was brought to an abrupt end, arguably via his own autobiography.

Hise and Lowe's continued in Italian football via Lazio, A.C. Milan and one famous night in Istanbul.

And in more recent times, he swapped the pitch for the dugout.

Yep, Sam. Welcome to Up Front.

Thank you.

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