Jose Mourinho has encouraged Sir Alex Ferguson to join Manchester United players after a game
Ferguson, who guided Manchester United to 13 Premier League titles, has distanced himself from the players since he left in 2013.
The Scot has stayed away from the United dressing room under successors David Moyes and Louis van Gaal.
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Sir Alex Ferguson has distanced himself from the players since leaving in 2013
But Mourinho says he has encouraged Ferguson, 75, to join the United squad after a game - as well as on their travels to and from each stadium.
Speaking to Portuguese TV channel SIC, Mourinho said: "At the end of games, when he [Ferguson], Sir Bobby Charlton and the CEO come down, he's the only one that doesn't come in the changing rooms.
"I told him this type of situation makes no sense, he needs to feel free to do what a person of his stature that represents the club can do.
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"We have the same friendship we always have had, an SMS, a birthday or Christmas card. He wanted to leave and not return, maybe for his own comfort.
"I told him, it made no sense us travelling to London on a private train and Sir Alex going by car."