He told El Chiringuito: "I enter his (Ancelotti's) office, he turns and was crying.
"I had won it all. Not that I wasn't going to keep squeezing, but I wanted new things. They didn't let me out that easy, but I wanted to learn a new language, play in another league. United has been very good from day one.
"I decided to leave a little after winning the Champions League. I already saw that my time in Madrid had ended, I was old enough to go, I wanted to keep growing. The decision was not easy, people loved me very much.
"I only hesitated once to leave Madrid for Manchester United. It was a Friday and everything was done. I had to train and I did not train, only the signature was missing. I'm going to talk to Ancelotti and he already knew I was leaving. I go into his office, he turns and he was crying. Carlo told me that he did not want me to leave, that he loved me very much ... and there I hesitated.
"In Madrid they loved me very much, but I had already given my word to United and that is more important than anything."