I had opportunity to join Manchester United for more money but

I had opportunity to join Manchester United for more money but Celtic was perfect for me

In addition to leading Celtic to four Scottish Premier League crowns, the Swede was instrumental in preventing Rangers from tying

But if the famous striker had seized the chance to move from Celtic to Manchester United in the 1990s,

things might have turned out quite differently for him.

“In the 1990s, I had the chance to join Manchester United from Celtic,” Larsson said in an interview with The Guardian. “Perhaps I

I had just finished three and a half years of ups and downs with Feyenoord.

“I had just found my feet [at Celtic] and I wanted to go on with that. We’d played in the Uefa Cup, I played for Sweden, I didn’t feel I

needed to go somewhere else. I didn’t become a superstar at Barcelona, I became a superstar at Celtic.”

Luckily for Larsson the train to Old Trafford stopped for a second time in his career in 2007,

United in a three-month loan stint.

Larsson was playing for Helsingborgs back home, but he had the chance to see Premier League action

at the end of the Swedish league season.

Larsson notes that even though his time in Manchester was brief, he felt privileged to represent the team and praised the warm reception he received.

He continued, “Sir Alex Ferguson made me feel so welcome even though I was only there for ten weeks.” I resided in the Lowry, a

hotel. I used to go to lunch with Louis Saha, Patrice Evra, and Wayne Rooney. “Oh, they really care,” I realized. You therefore wish to

treat them well. Being a Manchester United representative was an honor.

In 2006, as Barcelona overcame Arsenal 2-1 in the Champions League final in Paris, the Swede appropriately picked up the trophy.

His arrival as a second-half substitute turned the tide of the game at the Stade de France,

dishing out two assists to defeat Arsene Wenger’s team.

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