Thiago Alcantara was keen on a move to Manchester United before leaving Barcelona (AFP via Getty)Rio Ferdinand has revealed that Thiago Alcantara asked him if he could help with a move to Manchester United. Ferdinand claims that Thiago personally called him to ask if he could put in a good word to United’s hierarchy. Thiago Alcantara played against Manchester United in a friendly in 2011 (Getty)‘So we knew about him anyway and few years later Moyes was manager. I don’t speak to Thiago, I don’t know him, but David De Gea gave him my number. He ended up ringing me up next morning again, ‘I’ve slept on it, can you let me know about Man United, what’s going on?’.

Source: Metro July 06, 2021 07:41 UTC