"Two or three of us, the best players in [my junior] team, went
down to City, we used to go on a Thursday night at Platt Lane,” the
34-year-old told Sky TV.
"I enjoyed it but I was a United fan! I remember turning up in a
red top and was made to take it off!
"I'd wanted to play for United from an early age. Obviously I was
at City but City hadn't really approached me with a contract even
though I'd trained there for two or three years.
"I think maybe they assumed that I'd sign for them, I don't know,
but I'd enjoyed the week at United, it just felt like home. I had
no hesitation in signing."