Perplexingly , ferguson ' s first reaction was to say that irwin had told him he had not spoken to anyone in the media , so it could be discounted as " rubbish " . given that irwin actually wrote the column himself , and that he is not a man to go in for speculation or hyperbole , it should probably be taken reasonably seriously , particularly as ferguson has confided in the past that the republic of ireland job would appeal to him should he ever leave old trafford 考慮到這篇專欄是埃爾文本人所撰寫,而埃爾文并不是一個愛無中生有的人,因此我們暫且可以相信這篇文章的真實(shí)性,另外不要忘了,弗格森此前也曾經(jīng)說過,有朝一日,如果他從老特拉福德退下來,他會對愛爾蘭隊(duì)主教練一職很感興趣。