Fergie won't apologise for Beckham bust-up MANCHESTER -- Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson refused to apologise on Tuesday for the dressing room bust-up that left England captain David Beckham with a cut eye.
The 61-year-old Ferguson tried to laugh off what he described as a 'freakish incident'.
'Whatever happens in the dressing room is sacrosanct,' he told reporters at a press conference ahead of Manchester's Champions League match against Italian giants Juventus on Wednesday.
'There's no way I could betray the trust of the players. It's 100 per cent loyalty. It can never be anything less than that.'
But he agreed to answer a question about the spat because of the publicity it had created.
'(It was) an incident that was freakish. If I tried it a hundred times, a million times it wouldn't happen again. If it did I would carry on playing.'
Ferguson was reported to have accused Beckham of 'cocking-up as a footballer' during a four-letter tirade that sparked a bust-up following Saturday's 2-0 FA Cup defeat by Arsenal.
A red-faced Ferguson swore at the top of his voice before finally kicking a boot across the dressing room. It struck Beckham above the left eye and caused a cut requiring two stitches.
However, Ferguson denied the wound was as serious as reported.
'David did not have two stitches. It was a graze. It was treated by the doctor and we move on.'
He refused to answer any more questions.
Meanwhile, bookmakers are taking bets that Beckham is more likely to leave manchester United than Ferguson.
Beckham is 4-7 to leave manchester after the incident, while Ferguson is quoted at 5-4 to quit first. -- AFP
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