One Arsenal legend admitted he should have joined Manchester United instead of Chelsea back in 2001.
“I spoke to Arsene. He really wanted me back, but I was honest with him: I said, 'I appreciate it and it's very tempting, but I didn't feel that you wanted me to stay when I signed for Barcelona a year ago'.Petit added that Ferguson had personally called him on two separate occasions, attempting to entice the World Cup winner to switch Catalonia for Old Trafford.called me twice. We had a very good conversation and it was tempting, but once again I listened to my wife.
“She wanted to go back to London – she didn't want to live in Manchester – so I made the same mistake twice in one year.” Both United and Arsenal would battle for Premier Leagues and lift multiple trophies in the years that followed, while Petit failed to add any medals to his tally before his retirement in 2004. During three seasons at Stamford Bridge, he featured just 55 times.
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