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Tom Victor

Man Utd cult hero earned himself pay rise from Sir Alex Ferguson after fighting on bus

Former Manchester United defender Wes Brown angered manager Sir Alex Ferguson with a fight on a bus - but the episode ended up earning him a pay rise.

Brown, an academy graduate, was one of a handful of players in the matchday squad for the Champions League final victories in 1999 and 2008. The Manchester-born star started the 2008 final against Chelsea, one of more than 350 appearances he made for the Red Devils.

After breaking into the first-team as a teenager, the versatile defender was on a relative pittance when it came to weekly wages. This meant he regularly took the bus around town, and Ferguson stepped in after an episode in the late '90s when Brown got into trouble on public transport.

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