{"id":96854,"date":"2023-12-02T08:39:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T08:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=96854"},"modified":"2023-12-02T08:39:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T08:39:27","slug":"i-should-have-joined-man-utd-when-sir-alex-rang-me-but-i-listened-to-my-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/soccer\/i-should-have-joined-man-utd-when-sir-alex-rang-me-but-i-listened-to-my-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I should have joined Man Utd when Sir Alex rang me \u2013 but I listened to my wife’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Arsenal and Chelsea star Emmanuel Petit said he would have joined Manchester United were it not for his wife. <\/p>\n

The French World Cup winner enjoyed a successful career in England which saw him win the Premier League and the FA Cup with the Gunners. While his three year stint with the Blues did not bring the same success, he is widely looked back on by his former fan bases with positivity. <\/p>\n

However, he had the chance to lift even more trophies when Sir Alex Ferguson called him and asked him to join the Red Devils. He would have likely packed his bags and headed to Old Trafford \u2013 were it not for his wife, Agathe de la Fontain.<\/p>\n

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In 2001, Petit had his eye on a return to the Premier League after a difficult season at Barcelona. "I had many clubs interested in taking me back to England [in 2001]," Petit said in a previous interview withFourFourTwo. <\/p>\n

"Arsenal approached me but so did Manchester United. I spoke to Arsene. He really wanted me back, but I was honest with him: I said, 'I appreciate it and it's very tempting, but I didn't feel that you wanted me to stay when I signed for Barcelona a year ago'.<\/p>\n

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"It's like divorcing somebody: when you don't feel desired by them, what's the point of going back?<\/p>\n

"I should have gone to Manchester United, because Sir Alex Ferguson called me twice. We had a very good conversation and it was tempting, but once again I listened to my wife.<\/p>\n

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"She wanted to go back to London \u2013 she didn't want to live in Manchester \u2013 so I made the same mistake twice in one year."<\/p>\n

In the end, he went on to join Chelsea, where he spent three seasons before eventually retiring. In that period, Arsenal won two Premier League titles – including the 03\/04 triumph where they did not lose a single match – and two FA Cups, while Ferguson lifted the one Premier League title and one FA Cup. At least Petit's wife was happy though. <\/p>\n

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