Then again, Aaron Ramsey said before we played Arsenal one time that he had chosen Arsène’s
team over mine because Arsenal produce more players than Man Utd.
I thought: ‘What world is he in?’ I think a young boy can get manipulated into saying things. It was
his own decision to reject United, and I have no problem with that. I thought he made the wrong
choice, I must say, though he would have faced more competition at our place to make the first team.
Arsenal had not produced many of their own players. They had developed players, which is not the
same thing. They bought them from clubs in France and all over the place. The only truly homegrown
player I could think of was Jack Wilshere.
Giggs, Neville, Scholes, Fletcher, O’Shea, Brown, Welbeck: all produced at Man Utd.