Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski says he considered joining Manchester United when he received a call from Sir Alex Ferguson.
Lewandowski got the call in 2012, when he was 23 and had just scored 30 goals in all competitions in his second season at former club Borussia Dortmund.
The Poland international, now 31, says Ferguson’s reputation meant he had to consider the move – but Dortmund quickly snuffed it out.
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“I was speaking with him [Ferguson] after two years at Dortmund and at that time I was really thinking about a move to Manchester United,” Lewandowski told the Guardian.