Edgar Davids has spoken about turning down a move to Manchester United almost 30 years ago, instead opting to pursue a career in Serie A.
Davids rose to prominence as the destructive midfield force in Ajax’s 1994–95 Champions League-winning team. But after the Dutch champions returned to the 1996 final, Davids’s contract expired and he was a free agent under the new ‘Bosman’ rule—Clarence Seedorf had left in the same way in 1995.
