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“We talked a little bit about the game we played there and about living in Aberdeen and how his time was here.”<\/p>\n
Ferguson won a raft of major trophies – including the 1983 European Cup-Winners’ Cup – during a glittering eight years in charge at Aberdeen.<\/p>\n
He left Pittodrie in 1986, going on to amass plenty more silverware at home and abroad with Manchester United, whom he managed for 27 years.<\/p>\n
However, the 82-year-old recently lost his ambassador role at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n
“We only talked about football generally,” Thelin said as he prepared for Wednesday’s high-profile visit by third-top Rangers, for whom Ferguson was a striker.<\/p>\n
Describing the Scot as “the top man” for what he did for Aberdeen, Thelin said they chatted about “how he can reinvent himself so many times” as a manager over the years.<\/p>\n
“We talked about how it was to live here and he wished me luck,” he added. “I was really young when he was here and he went to United. <\/p>\n
“It was more not about the tactical things, more about leadership, how you can for such a long time at two clubs be inspirational to new players and try to keep going. <\/p>\n
“That is the thing you try to do yourself when you are a coach is to be consistent.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n