Jamie Carragher has revealed he spent a short time at Manchester United – using Liverpool’s bitter rivals as leverage before signing schoolboy forms at Anfield.
Carragher is a Reds legend, having spent all of his playing career at the club. He played a total of 737 games between 1996–2013, sitting second in Liverpool’s all-time appearances charts, winning nine major trophies including the Champions League in 2005.
Carragher was famously a staunch Everton fan as a child, following the Toffees home and away with his father before changing allegiances to the opposite side of Merseyside after breaking into the Reds’ first team. But speaking on The Overlap on Tour: Unseen the ex-defender revealed to Man Utd legends Gary Neville and Roy Keane he underwent a short period at Old Trafford – with Sir Alex Ferguson watching him in action.
Carragher said: “I went to Man United for a little bit. There was a Sunday team playing a Man Utd Select (XI). It was lads all around the country who got put together. I played for a Sunday team, it wasn’t my team but they asked me to play to make them stronger. I did quite well, Nobby Stiles was their coach and pulled my dad after it.
“It wasn’t even my decision. I was told I was going to play a game. I remember Ferguson being there (at the game). I go from Everton to Liverpool to United – I’ll do anything for a few quid!”
