‘The utmost respect for him’: Alex Ferguson pays tribute to Kevin Keegan

Ferguson says Keegan’s Newcastle was their best team ‘Kevin carried the love of the game on his sleeve’ Sir Alex Ferguson has saluted Kevin Keegan for building Newcastle’s “greatest team”. Keegan, who had cancer, died on Monday at the age of 75 and Ferguson has joined the tributes for one of football’s most endearing characters. Ferguson and Keegan were involved a fierce battle for Premier League supremacy, with Ferguson’s Manchester United pipping Newcastle to the title in 1996. “I had the…