Burnley goalkeeper Joe Hart has recalled how Stuart Pearce convinced him about joining Manchester City.

Hart was snapped up by City from Shrewsbury Town while a teenager and would go onto to be part of the most successful erea in the club's history.

He recalled to the club's website: "I spoke to him (Pearce) very casually at Carrington, he spoke a lot to my dad as I was quite young.

“It was really relaxed. He took me up to his office. Paul Dickov was here as well, and he introduced me to Paul, which was amazing for me.

“He was cool, calm, really complimentary and very real in what he expected from me. It was relaxed and not too formal, that's just the way Stuart is.

“As for other teams, there was the usual rubbish of several teams being 'interested'', but Man City were always the one for me personally. They were the ones who showed the most interest.

“It wasn't because of the geography, either. Not at all. That sort of thing doesn't bother me, I'd live anywhere. I don't think I really had the right to look for somewhere with a project when I was a 19-year-old playing in League 2."