Remember how Sir Alex Ferguson signed Robin Van Persie back in 2011?
And the history that followed. The Dutchman became the leading goal scorer in the club and went on to win the Golden Boot in the league as well.
He then helped United to win the Premier League title as well.
Well it could have been very different as RVP was not Fergie’s first choice.
The first call had gone to none other than Robert Lewandowski and the striker has now revealed how close he came to signing for the Red Devils.
“I was speaking with him after two years at Dortmund and at that time I was really thinking about a move to Manchester United,” Lewandowski said.
“Because of Ferguson and because of Manchester United.
“Borussia Dortmund said: ‘No, that’s that.’ That was the first time I was thinking about the move because if you get a phone call from Sir Alex Ferguson, for a young player it was something amazing. That was a special day for me.”
As it would happen, Lewa joined Bayern Munich and has now gone on to win every domestic and European trophy in the short span of time that followed while establishing himself as the most lethal striker in Europe.
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