Sir Alex Ferguson hit Man Utd Kid on the head after chatting about Barca Transfer

Former Manchester United Wonderkid Febian Brandy rejected the chance to draw for Barcelona after a brutal blow to Sir Alex Ferguson’s head.

Brandy, 36, never broke in the first team Old Trafford After almost 15 years in the books – but it could have been very different.

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He was considered one of the best young people in the neighborhood when he came through the ranks in the mid -2000s.

And his reputation was also spanded in Europe, such as both Real Madrid and Barcelona Were like to try to take him away from the Red Devils as a teenager.

Barcelona was so impressed by Brandy’s efforts in a youth tournament that they have one £ 1 million Offer the young person.

The offer was rejected by United Boss Sir Alex Ferguson After a blow on the head and a chat in the hallway about being loyal to his local club.

Brandy, born in Manchester, told Sunsport: “We went to a few tournaments when we were 14 to 16 years old.

“One of the tournaments that protrudes was one in Spain. In the tournament there were teams like Real MadridPsg, AjaxBarcelona – all top European teams.

“We were not eligible from the group stage, but I must have had a worldie from a tournament because I finally got a player from the tournament.

“About two weeks after the tournament, a Spanish man – I don’t know how he got the number – called my mom and dad’s phone.

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“My mother picked it up and he said,” We are interested in your son Fabien. “

‘About two weeks later I went into training and Sir Alex Ferguson walked past me in the hallway and said:’ Did you hear? . ‘

“I felt he was talking about, but you have to be respectful, so I played stupid. He said,” Barcelona is interested in you, what are your thoughts? “

“I said:” Listen, boss. I’m a local boy. I come from Manchester and I see my career here, this is the place I want to be. “Then he just hit me on the head, called me a good boy and walked away.

“Things started to come out in the following weeks, and I think they are that [Barca] made a bid of £ 1 million that Sir Alex clearly rejected and I heard nothing of it from that moment. “

That decision meant that Brandy remained until 2010, so that when a 22-year-old was looking for a new challenge after he got through the youth ranking list, Ravel MorrisonJonny Evans and Danny Welbeck.

Brandy had started training with people like Cristiano Ronaldo” Wayne Rooney And Gary Neville – Players he remembers as “Big Brothers” for him – to try to find his next club and the next step in his career in the lower competitions.

He had closed a deal with Sheffield United in the ChampionshipBut his midfoot broke in the last minute of his last match for the MAN UTD reserves – the move.

From there, injuries meant that Brandy could never be taken in a club, causing a Reisman-like career to start playing him in Greece and Thailand, as well as for people like people Sheffield UnitedRotherham and Rochdale.

I should have signed people for Barcelona? ” Don’t get me wrong, the weather would have been nicer, but I don’t regret it.

Febian Brandewijn

That trip – including 16 different clubs – ended in 2017 with Niet -League outfit Ebbsfleet, but Brandy does not regret rejecting Barcelona.

He said: “I always saw myself playing for man utd, I didn’t really know anything else. I knew man utd and England. So when it ended, it was difficult, I was upset.

“But I thought to myself, for my career, this must happen. I didn’t want to be any of those players who was 23/24 and signed contracts to be at a big club.

“I wanted to make a name for myself elsewhere. I was clearly upset, but it was something that had to be done.

‘Ask people’ should I have signed for Barcelona? . ‘ Don’t get me wrong, the weather would have been nicer, but I don’t regret it.

“There are probably a few things that I naturally considered. Doing extra in the gym and making myself the best football player I could have been.

“I had many injuries and there are such things that I could have done better to have a better career. Other than that I don’t regret it.”

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One of the big reasons for Brandy without regret is that it was his husband Utd -Exit who led him to his newest company – Skouted.

Brandy launched Skout when his career came to an end, an app that does not help players find new clubs and find clubs the best new talent.

The app, with which young players can upload clips that play for top clubs to browse through, has already helped more than 300 young people to earn tests.

Had Brandy not started his journey through the competitions, then he might never have started the app.

He explained: “When I was in the late twenties, I had fought with so many injuries and I started to think about my future.

“I didn’t really want to be a coach or manager. Then I started to put Skout in place.

“I have always had an entrepreneurial mentality and I think what was really activated, it was that when I was at a man Utd, I was pretty happy to be there as long as I was.

“I was lucky to get a contract every year from the age of eight until I was 22.

“I had friends who might not have been good enough to get it at Man Utd, but they might have been able to play in a lesser club.

“But when they were released, their parents or their guardians didn’t have the connections to answer the phone with someone in the championship or League One And ask for a test.

“Then I thought to myself:” I have to create something that bridge that gap between players and clubs “.

“Something true football Clubs can find these players and players have a platform to present themselves for these football clubs. “

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