Arsenal icon Emmanuel Petit rejected a move to Manchester United despite the transfer being in his heart.Joining Barcelona in the summer of 2000, the Frenchman, 51, flopped at the Camp Nou recording just one goal.Petit was flogged after just 12 months in Catalunya and the midfielder wanted to seal a switch back to the Premier League.Manchester United and former club Arsenal were keen admirers but instead, Petit snubbed his previous employers to join Chelsea in a £7.5 million deal.But looking back, the World Cup winner has regrets over not choosing Man Utd. "When I left Barcelona, Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea were interested,” Petit told PlanetFootball."Alex Ferguson called me, but I had a meal with Claudio Ranieri (Chelsea manager) and he charmed me.
Chelsea was in London, a city I was happy in, I liked his ideas for Chelsea, and I decided to go there."I regret not playing for United.
I met Ferguson and he had an amazing team at the time. Scholes, Giggs, Keane…such a great team."I spoke to my wife at the time and in my heart, I wanted to go to United, but the decision was made to stay in London again.
Maybe I could have made a different decision."HAVE YOUR SAY! Would you have liked to have seen Emmanuel Petit at Manchester United?
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