Southampton midfielder Filip Djuricic has spoken of almost joining Manchester United.
Djuricic, then 17, had impressed during a trial at Old Trafford, but work permit issues thwarted the deal.
He told the Daily Echo: "I was in Israel with the under-17 national team and the chief of scouts in United watched me there and they sent an invitation to my club in Serbia, if I want to be their guest - ten days in United.
"I trained in the first-team. It was fantastic for me also - there was Rio Ferdinand, Vidic, Ronaldo, and I was training with them at the time.
"After these ten days, we sit at the table to speak.
"I had a lot of problems with the work permit in that time, and they said the best solution was to send me somewhere on loan for a couple of years - Belgium or somewhere - but when I sit with my family, and with my father, and we talk, then we decided if I have enough quality that I will come back one day.
"Maybe not in United, but in some other club, another way, because I need time to play, and I hope it will be the right decision."
