Sir Alex Ferguson once smashed Steve Bruce's phone to pieces after it rang during one of his notorious half-time hairdryer treatments at Manchester United, it has been revealed.
Ferguson managed at Old Trafford for a trophy-laden 26 years but gained a reputation for his scathing half-time rants, during which it was rarely advisable to speak up.
Unfortunately for Bruce, though, his former team-mate Paul Parker has revealed the embarrassing moment his mobile phone went off mid-rant.
Speaking in a new book titled 'Fergie Under The Hairdryer', Parker said: 'Steve had left his phone on because his wife Janet was in hospital with a back problem and he was waiting for an update on how she was doing.