@paok1970,
This is Alex Ferguson writing, not Hilary Mantel. The former is a football manager, not a profession known for its command of language, whilst the latter has won the Man Booker prize.
Ferguson's words sound more conversational which is probably why he used them, and if he had a ghost writer he's probably being directly quoted so as to make it sound like it was written by Ferguson.
In short, don't look at autobiographies written by celebrities and sports people for examples of good English.