Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted he attempted to sign Francesco Totti while he was manager of Manchester United, however, the Roma legend refused to leave the only club he would ever represent.
Totti is an all-time great for Roma, representing the club between 1992 and 2017 and playing 619 Serie A games, scoring 250 goals and winning one league title and the Coppa Italia twice.
If Ferguson had his way, however, Totti would have lined up in the red of United during the course of his illustrious career.
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What did Ferguson say?
The former United manager told Gazzetta dello Sport ahead of the Europa League semi-final, in which the Red Devils will face Roma: “We liked the player and we would have liked to include him in our plans, but when we expressed our interest, it immediately became clear that Totti didn’t want to leave Rome.