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paul scholes He has admitted that the gossip about a big-money move to Manchester United led to his “biggest regret in football”.
Scholes revealed he had been approached ryan giggs‘Agent Harry Swales – narrated by gary neville As a “trusted man” – during Euro 2000, which claimed the Italian giants inter Milan They wanted to give the then 25-year-old midfielder a huge pay rise.
While Scholes decided not to actively pursue a move to San Siro, he tried to take advantage of the apparent interest from Sars to receive a pay rise. Alex Ferguson – Something that didn’t really go to plan.
But I am saying overlap, Scholes said: “He (Swales) went ‘Inter Milan want to give you £4m a year tax free’. We went into pre-season and (teammates said) ‘You’ve got to go see the manager – tell him you want more money.’ This is the worst thing I have ever done in my life. I felt very bad.
“I mustered up the courage. I think I said something like ‘I think I deserve more money or I want to live on more money.’ What am I doing, just looking at him!
“He takes out a little black book and keeps turning the pages for about five minutes. (Ferguson says) ‘No, I think you’re OK, I think you’re equal to everyone else. It’s OK, what you’re doing is good.’ Okay thanks, see you later! Doing that is my biggest regret in football.
“It was crazy to do it because I’m at my dream club, Man United. It was horrible. My heart was breaking just thinking about it, I feel so bad for doing it.”
At the turn of the millennium Scholes was at the peak of his powers as one of the best midfielders in the world, while Man United were just a year away from winning the treble.
Neville, Roy Keane, Ian Wright and Jill Scott also appeared in the episode, with the quartet supporting Scholes, saying he had every right to try his luck.
“It was a lot more than what I was getting at the time – probably more than double (his United salary),” Scholes recalled of the offer. “I remember seeing ‘£30 million for Inter Milan’ or something on the back of the newspaper, but I never heard anything about it after that. I clearly said ‘no’ to Harry.”
Neville suspected that Inter had contacted the club and Ferguson responded by immediately shutting down the notion of a transfer, so Scholes never heard anything official.
Scholes remained a one-club man at Old Trafford for the rest of his career, becoming a genuine United legend by making 716 appearances over two decades.
The 50-year-old has dabbled in management and punditry since retiring in 2013 but Gave up her broadcasting career to care for her autistic son,