Sir Alex Ferguson Asked Me To Convince Gerrard To Join MUFC – Gary Neville

Manchester United legend, Gary Neville has come out to say that Sir Alex Ferguson once asked him to persuade Steven Gerrard to join MUFC. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, it felt like a hopeless request at the time because Gerrard’s mind was made up on his next destination, but he did it anyway.

Neville added that Steven immediately told him that he wouldn’t get out of Liverpool and his family would never get out of the city either.

His words, “I have just remembered when Sir Alex asked me.. when I went into his [Gerrard’s] room with England and asked him to sign for United. I felt as though it was a bit of a hopeless [case].”

“What would it have been, 2004? He was close to going to Chelsea and Sir Alex rang me and said he was anxious. I think his words were ‘Tell him I’ll fetch him and take him back down the East Lancs and bring him back’. I went to see Stevie and he was quite categoric quite quickly! He said ‘Seriously, I wouldn’t get out of Liverpool and my family would never get out of Liverpool’. Those were his exact words to me.”

WOW.

Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system.

Nicknamed the Red Devils, they were founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to their current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.

Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson’s dismissal, and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the club was back in 11th place the following season. Reportedly on the verge of being dismissed, Ferguson’s job was saved by victory over Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup final.

The following season, Manchester United claimed their first UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup title. That triumph allowed the club to compete in the European Super Cup for the first time, where United beat European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 at Old Trafford. The club appeared in two consecutive League Cup finals in 1991 and 1992, beating Nottingham Forest 1–0 in the second to win that competition for the first time as well.