Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
Aren’t clubs playing in the English leagues obliged to release players to their national team for all games but only for competitive games regarding other countries? So perhaps Ferguson had no say in the release of English players. Perhaps now players have international release built into their contracts though.
Not entirely sure, the presumption being that he did have a say in respect of non English players. It's an interesting thought although not one that I can recall being wheeled out too often in the past in respect of Giggs. It always, officially, seemed to be injury related.