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Man Utd boss Ferguson tried to sign Guardiola

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 08:42

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson came close to signing Barcelona counterpart Pep Guardiola as a player.

Guardiola's agent Josep Maria Orobitg said: "Pep's contract was ending in June '01.

"Alex Ferguson's son, Jason, called me the previous October to say United were keen.

"Pep liked what he saw. I insisted we should not make any decision until we had spoken to Barcelona president Joan Gaspart.

"Ferguson wanted a meeting with Pep. It was cancelled as United were angry things were taking too long."

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