Nani has revealed he rejected the likes of Chelsea and Arsenal to sign with Manchester United.

The Portuguese spent eight seasons at Old Trafford after arriving in 2007.

"At that time, I was lucky because I was working with the strongest agents in the world and then we had a connection with a lot of important persons," said Nani in quotes reported by the Daily Star.

"People who were important in Manchester because, at that time, Ronaldo was playing there and had a similar story, you know, playing for Sporting and then Ferguson went to bring him to United.

"Carlos Queiroz was there as well, he's Portuguese, so it can help a little bit and I was very excited.

"My agent asked me as there were so many teams to choose from – Chelsea, Arsenal, teams in Italy like Juventus and Inter [Milan].

"Bayern [Munich] and [Real] Madrid – I don't know if they were true but it was in the news."