Noel Gallagher banned his son from hanging up a Cristiano Ronaldo poster in his room despite the Manchester United forward being his favourite player.
The rock star said Sonny brought the poster home during Ronaldo’s time at Real Madrid but he did not realise at the time that the Portuguese was already considered a legend at Old Trafford. Speaking to the Pub Talk podcast, hosted by Alan Brazil and Ray Parlour, Gallagher said he told Sonny such an image was not allowed under his roof.
"The young lad, Sonny, plays for his local team and went for trials for the county,” the former Oasis songwriter said. “He's enthusiastic, has a good shot and great positional play. I'd rather him be a footballer, they get paid more than musicians.
"But it was a funny day when he started really identifying with players. He didn't realise Ronaldo had played with United and he came home with a Ronaldo poster. I was like, 'Mate, what are you doing?' He was like, 'I love Ronaldo, he's my favourite player.' But I told him, 'You can't have it in this house, mate' and I had to show him a picture of him in a United kit because he had only ever known him as playing for Real Madrid and Juventus."
In a lengthy chat that touched on Erling Haaland, an awkward meeting with Pep Guardiola on the final day of last season after he had clashed heads with the dad of Ruben Dias and his own career, Gallagher also took aim at Arsenal supporters for their flippancy when it comes to manager Mikel Arteta.
The Spaniard served as Guardiola’s assistant at City before taking over in north London and Gallagher thinks the summer signing of Gabriel Jesus will continue to have a significant impact at the Emirates.
And he believes that City and Arsenal being run by people with experience of the game gives them a significant advantage over United, who have "a load of businessmen" overseeing recruitment.
"Arsenal fans, they are a weird lot, right,” Gallagher added. “Arteta will lose a few games and they'll want him out. But he's been taught by the best and he's brought in two players thought by the best. It's not rocket science. Arsenal will become like City if they run the club right.
“The difference between us, them and United is United have a load of businessmen buying the players. But City have former players who have been at Barcelona and not just trying to balance the books. All the great teams have been run by football people - Ferguson, Wenger, Mourinho.”
