Former Manchester United star Paul McGrath was once offered £100k by Sir Alex Ferguson to hang up his boots - but turned him down.
The Irishman, who won the PFA Player of the Year award in 1993, played at Old Trafford for seven years, the final three of which were under Ferguson. The Scot was looking to implement change and end the club's wait for a league title having arrived from Aberdeen.
He sought to rid of the drinking culture and, in an effort to do so, targeted the man he thought was the biggest drinker in the squad - McGrath. He had struggled with booze during his adult life, which almost cost him his career before he was 30. Ferguson's lump sum offer was put to the Irishman, but swiftly rejected.
