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True... He comes across as a bit thick but you can't doubt his effort on he pitch. Put him back in the 90's or before that when most people didn't care too much about what players said and he'd undoubtedly be a united legend by now. The reasons he said was probably just a load of shit the first time (it's plain stupid to claim we lacked ambition in 2010), to try and appease to the fans, same with saying he wants to retire here. He would have been better off not saying anything really, and not let fans think he'll stay forever.
Maybe he genuinely meant it and time simply changed his mind, who knows, but it's more his explanations afterwards and attempts to excuse his actions that were annoying, just be honest about it and a lot more people probably would have understood.