Martin Ferguson (football scout)

Martin Ferguson is a Scottish football scout who currently works for Manchester United. Ferguson is the brother of the current Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson. He is Manchester United's chief European scout, and as such he is often sent to scout for talented players in mainland Europe.

Ferguson previously worked as a coach at Hibernian, but was sacked in 1997.cite web |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1807097,00.html |title=Troublesome brothers |accessdate=2007-08-18 |author=Nick Greenslade |date=2006-07-02 |work=July's ten |publisher=Guardian Unlimited ] He was then signed by Manchester United on the recommendation of Sir Alex, and has since scouted players such as Diego Forlán, Anderson, [cite web |url=http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=39587 |title=Man Utd chief scout checks on Porto's Anderson |accessdate=2007-08-18 |date=2007-05-15 |publisher=TribalFootball.com ] Fabio Quagliarella, [cite web |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester_united/s/1009/1009261_barca_offer_eidur_as_pique_bait.html |title=Barca offer Eidur as Pique bait |accessdate=2007-08-18 |author=Stuart Brennan |date=2007-06-15 |work=Manchester United |publisher=Manchester Evening News ] Alessandro Nesta [cite news |title=Man Utd renew Nesta interest |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/1863680.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2002-03-09 |accessdate=2007-08-21 ] and Ruud van Nistelrooy. [cite web |url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/Match_Report/0,,-40533,00.html |title=Van Nistelrooy helps United capitalise on their reserves |accessdate=2007-08-18 |author=Kevin McCarra |date=2002-11-25 |publisher=The Guardian ]

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