Darren Fletcher has revealed Sir Alex Ferguson fired an X-rated rant at him when he was just 15-years-old when the Scottish midfielder threatened to leave Manchester United as a teenager.
Fletcher was part of the Red Devils academy in 2002 and was close to breaking through to the first-team, but Newcastle were interested in signing him that year before he went on to make 342 appearances at Old Trafford and is now United's technical director.
How differently things could have turned out for the 37-year-old, who revealed Ferguson clashed with the midfielder's mother when Fletcher was open to joining St James' Park, before the legendary manager apologised to her.