talkSPORT looks at key moments in football history, where events could so easily have taken a different course and asks, what if? This week we ponder what if Fergie had signed Paul Gascogine in 1988? Because the Reds' first European Cup success began with a nerve-wracking title race...
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It was 1987 and Manchester United, a year into Sir Alex Ferguson's reign as manager, were playing relegation-threatened Newcastle in the First Division.
In midfield for Man United were Norman Whiteside, Bryan Robson and Remi Moses, "all great footballers," Fergie told David Frost in an interview.