article_snippet: Sir Alex Ferguson made a phone call to Tony Blair's as part of a desperate attempt to keep Manchester United in the 1999-2000 FA Cup, a man close to the talks has revealed.
article_snippet: I spoke to he over the phone
article_snippet: Then he told me that he had tried to call Tony Blair and he couldn't sort it. '
article_snippet: Tony Blair could not answer Ferguson's request as Tony Blair was about to speak to  