{"id":92780,"date":"2023-09-11T08:49:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T08:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=92780"},"modified":"2023-09-11T08:49:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T08:49:57","slug":"man-utd-star-was-on-expenses-so-he-started-selling-camcorders-to-the-lads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/soccer\/man-utd-star-was-on-expenses-so-he-started-selling-camcorders-to-the-lads\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Man Utd star was on expenses \u2013 so he started selling camcorders to the lads’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Former Manchester United star Mark Bosnich tried to make an extra buck when he first arrived at Old Trafford by selling camcorders and TVs to his team-mates.<\/p>\n

    According to ex-United ace Lee Sharpe the Australian goalkeeper "got in with the gangsters of Salford" while living in temporary accommodation after joining the club in 1989.<\/p>\n

    Speaking on the Under the Cosh podcast, Sharpe said Bosnich was keen to earn a bit of money as he was "on expenses" at the time, having arrived from Australian outfit Sydney Croatia a few months earlier.<\/p>\n

    "Mark Bosnich was in our digs [temporary accommodation]… because he came from Australia he couldn't get a work permit so he was on expenses as like a trialist," Sharpe revealed.<\/p>\n

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    "What a character Bozzy was. [He] got in with all the gangsters in Salford, and I went in his room one night and he just had boxes of camcorders and tellies and I'm like, 'What are you doing?'.<\/p>\n

    "He's like, 'I'm on expenses I've got to earn some money somehow so I'm going to knock these out to the lads."<\/p>\n

    Bosnich never really grew out of his mischievous phase, with on-off relationships and drug use dogging him for the rest of his career, despite a successful time in the Midlands.<\/p>\n

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    He made just three appearances for United before being sold back to Sydney United in 1991, having failed to unseat Peter Schmeichel in goal, though he returned to the Premier League a year later with Aston Villa.<\/p>\n

    A solid seven-year spell at Villa Park during which he twice won the League Cup saw him attract United's attention again, and the Red Devils bought him back in 1999 following Schmeichel's departure. He became the team's first-choice keeper, but a series of high-profile gaffes forced United to go out and sign Fabien Barthez a year later.<\/p>\n

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    In 2001 he joined Chelsea, but his career hit rock bottom when he tested positive for cocaine in 2002. He was subsequently sacked by the Blues and banned from football for nine months. He didn't play again until 2008, and decided to hang up his gloves in 2009.<\/p>\n

    In Ferguson's autobiography released in 2013, he labelled Bosnich a "terrible professional". Bosnich responded to Ferguson, saying: "The fact remains that I was the only player he signed twice at Manchester United. I'm honoured to be mentioned. He's entitled to his view and I'm entitled to mine."<\/p>\n