In a survey conducted by bookmakers Ladbrokes, it was revealed that the public deemed Sir Alex the second most controversial sports manager of all time.

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Before Sunday’s 4-0 thumping of a lacklustre Queens Park Rangers, Dutchman Louis van Gaal had made the worst start of any new United manager since Ron Atkinson, who took a solitary point from his first three league games in 1981.