The FA are to look into comments make by Alex Ferguson regarding John Terry winning his appeal against his red card
The Football Association is looking into remarks made by Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson about referees’ chief Keith Hackett.
Ferguson claimed Hackett told referee Mark Halsey to rescind the red card given to Chelsea captain John Terry against Manchester City.
The United manager said Hackett “would never have done this for us”.
Terry was exonerated on Tuesday and the referees’ body said: “All matters of discipline are an issue for the FA.”
Terry had been facing a three-match ban after Halsey deemed the tackle on City striker Jo was “serious foul play”.
But the FA’s Independent Regulatory Commission upheld Chelsea’s appeal, meaning the England skipper is free to face United in Sunday’s Premier League clash.
That decision clearly riled Ferguson, who will be without Nemanja Vidic for the same game after the Serbian defender was sent off against Liverpool on Saturday.
“My information is that Hackett told Halsey to rescind the red card and he would not do it,” said Ferguson.
“If it had been a Manchester United player Hackett would never have done this for us.”
Halsey has been removed from the list of Premier League referees for this weekend and will instead take charge of the League Two encounter between Chester and Shrewsbury.
If the FA decides to investigate Ferguson’s remarks further, it will write to the United manager asking him to explain them.
Yet another ‘everyone is against us’ rant by Ferguson, didn’t they get old years ago? I hope the FA throw the book at him, it has to be done sooner or later as he keeps getting away with it.
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