When Lee Sharpe was on holiday in Magaluf in the summer of 1998, he bumped into Dwight Yorke and some of the Aston Villa players on a night out. Sharpe had already spent years playing under Alex Ferguson at Manchester United. Yorke was still at Villa. And once the two of them got talking, the rest of the night became mostly about Old Trafford. “He was just picking my brains about United and Fergie.” Sharpe told him what Ferguson was like. What the club was like. What it was like walking into that dressing room and playing for Manchester United. And Yorke kept asking questions. “What are the women in Manchester like?” By six in the morning, Sharpe had finally had enough. “Yorkey, I’ve got to go.” “I’m done.” That was when Yorke finally mentioned the one detail he probably should have got in a bit earlier. “Thanks for the info.” “I didn’t tell you, but I chatted to Fergie last week and I’m supposed to be meeting Barcelona at nine am.” “I think I’ll give that a miss and sign for United.” Sharpe just looked at him. “You’re telling me now at six am that you’re supposed to be meeting Barcelona at nine?” “Yeah f*** them, I’ll be too hungover for that. See you in Manchester.” A few weeks later, Manchester United signed him from Aston Villa. In his first season at Old Trafford, he scored 29 goals as United won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League. #football