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David Hirst rues the fact he didn't bang on the manager's door to force through a move to Manchester United .tried to sign Hirst on six occasions, ultimately tabling a British record bid of £4.5million for the England forward - an offer that was rejected by the lateUnited were at the start of their dominance over the Premier League and ended up moving on to sign Eric Cantona from
Hirst, who scored 128 goals in 358 games for Wednesday, never got the opportunity to move to Old Trafford again, which is something he regrets.in November 2015, Hirst recalled: "I'd been talking to Alex Ferguson for a couple of weeks and I was going to Man United."One thing I never did in my career was knock on the manager's door because I'm not in the team or I want more money. If you're not happy with the contract, don't sign it.
"Financially, it wouldn't have been much different. We weren't on £50,000 a week then. We were all on pretty much the same."I was playing for Sheffield Wednesday, third in the league, in Europe, cup finals, good wages, but a Man United player comes with a different tag. It is the one thing I regret."
“He then offered £4m and with the 100 per cent backing of the board I told him we were not interested in doing anything with David Hirst.
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