Alex Ferguson will be honored with a statue outside Manchester Utd 's stadium . The nine - foot bronze sculpture will be unveiled on November 23 . Artist Philip Jackson is the artist commissioned to create the statue . `` I got a lot of photographs from the Manchester United archives and also a lot of books that had been written about him . ` Jackson has worked with United on two previous commissions .
Alex Ferguson will be honored with a statue outside Manchester Utd 's stadium . The nine - foot bronze sculpture will be unveiled on November 23 . Artist Philip Jackson is the artist commissioned to create the statue . Jackson has worked with United on two previous commissions .