Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Pavel Nedved... that's how Manchester United's midfield could have lined up in the mid-2000s had the latter joined the club.
Juventus legend Nedved has revealed he had the opportunity to swap Turin for Manchester in 2006 following the infamous Calciopoli scandal that rocked Italian football.
However, the Czech Republic chose to remain loyal to the Italian giants despite their demotion from Serie A to Serie B that summer.
Nedved, who helped Juve win Serie B that subsequent season, has opened up about the opportubnity he had of playing for Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford.
'I've always appreciated English football and the Premier League, I've always liked it,' he told The Telegraph.
'My agent received some offers and I have always been a great supporter of Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson, specifically, at that time.
'They were certainly one of our greatest opponents and also a great source of inspiration and drive and desire.
'He (Ferguson) achieved great things, unprecedented things and I don't know if anyone else in the future will be able to achieve what he did.'
The 46-year-old finished his career at Juve, retiring in 2009, and is now a director at the club.
Awdude
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If statement like arsene scout wenger
radcdlno
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unstoppable united could have been flying with him
Marching
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Top player, I wish he moved to United. It was joy watching his magic
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Completely different type of player...
lively
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But we get Poborsky instead of Nedved...
Spencerer
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Would have loved to have seen him at OT. Amazing player to watch.
possi
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He was particularly good in Road House
Yahoobaby
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He replaced zidane at juventus and that year with them went onto win the Ballon d'Or and stayed the rest of career with them, one of those players you just really wished had played in the premier! The other for me would have been a young canvani
rucksackers
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fantastic player with a unusual knee caps
FCBrobben
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Would have been great replacement for Beckham
Stverens
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Any manager would have wanted Nedved in his squad. Legend.
Anthonyer
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What a player he was back in the day
happylife
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Cracking player..
Steman
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Top player, I wish he moved to United. It was joy watching his magic
zauadmtu
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in 2006 he's already 33yo...
Dannillo
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He was a terrific striker
Terrific what.. Lol
robjet07
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It's not really a big loss for us since we still used to win, letting go of Stam was a mistake that cost us, letting go of Ronaldo was a mistake , letting go of Rooney was a mistake buy not signing Nedved didn't affect us a lot😅
Tunekmptyz
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Was really a gem of a player. A true Centre Midfielder... Would of been awesome seeing him in the red colours...
Kieabcelp
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He was a terrific striker
actually he's a midfielder
wiaadep
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man u funs right now
Wezabiot
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He was a terrific striker
Huhaceilos
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Thanks for saying good things about him he is the king 👑