Sir Alex Ferguson has always considered Paul Gascoigne the one that got away.
The Manchester United manager tried to sign the attacker from Newcastle United in 1988 only for Gazza to choose Tottenham Hotspur, in part because they offered his sister a sun bed and his dad a car. And the Scot, 82, might still hold a grudge over a rare rejection because, according to Gascoigne, he received a firm telling off when they met at a game last season.
"I saw him not long ago, Alex Ferguson,” Gazza said in an interview with author Rob Moore. “He's 82 and it was at a game last year. So I was told, 'Paul, Alex Ferguson wants to see you.' I thought, 'F***, here we go again.'
