The 76-year-old spoke in public for the first time since thanking medical staff two months ago after he suffered a brain haemorrhage in May
Sir Alex Ferguson said Paul Scholes was a "little runt" when he joined Manchester United, speaking in a video message at a tribute dinner for his former player.
Ferguson had not made a public appearance in two months, last speaking to thank medical staff who treated him after he suffered a brain haemorrhage in May.
But, talking on video at a charity dinner in Scholes' honour, Ferguson was in jovial mood.
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"When he joined us as a little runt of a lad at 13 years of age he was about four foot 10 or something and we had great doubts whether he’d grow," Ferguson said at the event organised by the Association of Former Manchester United Players.