The ex Red Devils manager trusts Gazza would have partaken in a far and away superior vocation had he moved to Old Trafford rather than Tottenham
Sir Alex Ferguson has named Paul Gascoigne as the marking he generally lamented missing out on at Manchester United.
Manchester United looked set to purchase the sensational midfielder from Newcastle somewhere in 1988 and Gascoigne wrote in his personal history that he had guaranteed Ferguson that Old Trafford would be his objective.
In any case, Gascoigne wound up joining Tottenham all things being equal and gone through four years at the north London side prior to moving to Lazio.
Sir Alex Ferguson accepts the ex England star would have been exceptional at Manchester United than Spurs and was disillusioned his side couldn’t sign him.
Sir Alex Ferguson was asked which player he regrets not signing and guess what, he boldly had this to say to the UTD Poscast;
”In reality, you have to say, there’s only one that always comes to my mind and that’s Gascoigne. He was absolutely fantastic. I think if we’d have got him, he would have had a great career, I really do. I’m not saying he didn’t have a good career but he would have had a better career with us.
We had Geordies in our squad like Bryan Robson, Steve Bruce plus Bobby Charlton. Sir Bobby would have been a fantastic mentor to him because he’s such a fantastic man and even Gary Pallister, although he was from Middlesbrough and I know they don’t count that as a Geordie, someone who understands the culture like Gary would.
He promised to sign for us and I went on holiday. I got a phonecall from the front desk from Martin Edwards saying he’d signed for Tottenham. He signed for Tottenham because they bought his mother a house for 80,000 pounds and, dearie me, I couldn’t believe it, you know. He was a fantastic player.”