Ex Newcastle United player Alan Shearer admitted that he came extremely close to signing with Manchester United.
“That was when I sat down with Sir Alex and spoke to him and spoke to Kevin in the morning,” Shearer told Neville according to the Chronicle .
“The same day. I met them both on the same day. Sir Alex came in the afternoon and his first words to me were: ‘Am I seeing you first or second?’
“I told him I had met Kevin in the morning and he said: ‘well that’s me, I’ve got no chance’.
“But that wasn’t the case actually. I was 85/90 per cent sure I was going to join Man United and then I got another phone call off Kevin.
“What I have got at Newcastle, my club. I stood on the terraces as a boy and went back as the world’s most expensive player.
“I wore the number nine shirt, I am the record goalscorer and I have a statue outside St James’ Park.
“I know I would have won more trophies but the 10 years that I had, the goals I scored and what I have at Newcastle – I will never regret it.”
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