Get the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Ever since 1974 there has been speculation over George Best’s controversial exit from Manchester United.
Then-manager Tommy Docherty claimed Best turned up drunk and late for an FA Cup game against Plymouth. Best furiously denied this for the rest of his life.
In a fascinating new book called True Genius, the truth is revealed once and for all - Best had been dropped much earlier in the day, and a deal had sensationally been agreed to sell the legendary forward without his knowledge.
Written by celebrated Manchester United author Wayne Barton, this family-backed biography tells the complete story for the first time of how the lad
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