FORMER Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, the most successful manager in the history of the British game, is seriously ill in intensive care after undergoing emergency surgery following a brain haemorrhage.

Good wishes immediately flooded in after his former club, where he spent more than 26 years in charge, announced the news in a brief statement yesterday evening.

The club said the procedure had gone “very well” but that the former manager would need a period of intensive care to aid his recovery.