Sir Alex Ferguson has joined the debate about footballers' use of the social networking Twitter site by branding it "a waste of time".
Sir Alex Ferguson has joined the debate about footballers' use of the social networking Twitter site by branding it "a waste of time".
The veteran Manchester United manager was speaking at the end of a week in which his club's high-profile forward Wayne Rooney attracted unwanted headlines for an on-line dispute with one follower.
After Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger warned his players of the potential "negative repercussions" involved with the use of Twitter this week, Ferguson is also conscious of the problems involved with such exposure.
"It's about responsibility," said Ferguson, 69. "I think they (players) are responsible for their actions, what they say on Twitter.
"I don't understand it, to be honest with you. I don't have the time to do it. There are a million things you can do with your life other than that.
Go to a library and read a book. I'm serious. What a waste of time. "But they seem to have a certain momentum at the moment.
Everyone seems to want to do it. I don't understand it but it is something that we, as a club, are looking at because there can be issues attached to it and we don't want that."
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