Birmingham City's former CEO has revealed how Manchester United and Chelsea both failed to convince Jude Bellingham to join them in 2020 - despite throwing huge salaries and club legends at the teenage star.
Bellingham became the world's most expensive 17-year-old when he signed for the German club in July 2020 for £25m.
It is well documented that Manchester United were desperate for the teenage sensation's signature but former Blues CEO Xuandong Ren has revealed the lengths the Red Devils went to.
Ren, who headed up the Blues from 2017 to 2020, told Mundo Deportivo that United offered twice as much as the rest of the clubs interested and even used Sir Alex Ferguson, Eric Cantona and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to convince him, but to no avail.