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Ferguson brushes off Benitez remarks

January 25, 2013
By ESPN staff

Sir Alex Ferguson has dismissed interim Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez's claims that he has an undue influence on the FA.

Sir Alex Ferguson
PA PhotosFerguson: 'I have more on my mind'

Benitez - who made similar accusations about Manchester United boss Ferguson during his years at Liverpool - made his latest comments after Ferguson criticised assistant referee Simon Beck after United drew at Tottenham.

The Spaniard said: 'What I said at that time was what I thought and what I'm seeing now is similar. It depends on the FA. I don't know what they will do.

"Maybe now a lot of people are seeing the same things. I will not talk too much about that because it's obvious."

But Ferguson said: "I am not bothered what Rafa says, to be honest. I have more on my mind."

The United boss will discover on Tuesday whether the FA intend to bring a misconduct charge over his criticism of Beck, but said he "wouldn't bet" on the FA seeing things his way, adding: "We will see what happens."