Sir Alex Ferguson was eager to sign Andreas Pereira ahead of Arsenal.
established himself as arguably the greatest of all time after taking the club to a host of trophies including 13Therefore, due to the wealth of success, many players were lured to the Red Devils as they could not pass up a chance to play under the Scottish manager.podcast, he said: “It was really special. I was speaking with my dad and my head was on Arsenal , I wanted to go to Arsenal .
“I was a fan and I liked the way they played football. It was at the time that Wilshere was getting his first games and I got a shirt from Wilshere and I loved this shirt. “It came out that United were interested and I was always a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo, and my Dad said ok let's go and see how it is over there. In my head, I was going to visit and my head was in Arsenal, but Sir Alex Ferguson came and said it was nice to meet me, and I was in shock.”Pereira continued: “But it wasn't just me, it was my Father, I never see him in shock with anyone and he didn't know what to do or to say hi.
“He said to me 'I always have a place for a Brazilian in my team, I saw you in the Nike Cup.' And when he said that I was like 'I'm staying here, I don't care about Arsenal, I love Ronaldo, I love Rooney, I love everyone.”After making 75 appearances for the Red Devils, Pereira was sold to Fulham in a deal worth a reported £10 million plus performance-related add-ons.
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