Manchester United assistant coach Mike Phelan has revealed how his time as a player at Old Trafford was brought to an end.

Phelan signed for the Old Trafford outfit from Norwich City in 1989 but his career with the club came to a frustrating end five years later.

"He came up to me the Friday before the game on Saturday, last game of the season, and pulled me to one side at the training ground," Phelan told The Athletic.

"He said: 'Enough's enough, son. I'm letting you go'. 'Letting me go where?' 'You've done terrific for me, but I'm going to bring in some of the young kids'."

"This is when the Class of '92 were around. I was older then, a little bit gobby.

"'Who?' 'I'm going to play Gary Neville'. 'Gary Neville? What's he got? Come on, Gaffer. You're gonna play a kid?' 'Yeah'."

Phelan would go on to join West Brom, where he would spend 18 months before deciding to hang up his boots.