In 2012, Frederic Veseli made the bold decision to leave Manchester City and join Manchester United in search of more playing opportunities. He felt that City's focus on experienced players hindered his progress and wanted to move to a club where he could develop. Veseli spoke with several clubs before ultimately choosing United.
There have been many people who have played football for both teams, but very few have ever made the direct switch between the two clubs. Denis Law and Carlos Tevez are the most notable for directly swapping red for sky blue, with Jadon Sancho the most recent example of a player to represent both sides of the city.ALSO READ: Supercomputer predicts Manchester United vs Man City derby outcomeIt was deadline day.
"He is a difficult man to say no to and his track record was enough for Freddie to feel he was making the right choice to join United." “To win the Under-17s World Cup was a great achievement because we may not have had all the best players in the tournament but we had the best team and Frederic epitomised that spirit.
" Mancini told me I would make my first-team debut in the final league game of the season and called my family," Veseli told The Athletic. "But I tore my hamstring on the Tuesday. I was devastated." Veseli missed out on the chartered flight and ended up heading economy to Chicago, a small price to pay for him if it was going to be his breakthrough moment in professional football.
"United had a lot of first-teamers, we had reserves only and we drew 1-1. Fergie was there watching. I had a really good game." "Mancini was disappointed and was always asking me to renew. I didn’t know what to say to him. My contract was up and City released me and signed a paper saying I could leave on a free.
"I am very thankful to Sir Alex Ferguson for bringing me to such a great club. Manchester United has a long history of younger players coming through and hopefully I can follow and do the same." "It actually came about by chance, that," Ferguson insisted when he spoke to MUTV. "A member of our scouting department came and told us City had released this young lad from Switzerland and they'd watched him playing a couple of years back.
Veseli continued to train with the United first-team frequently but was not afforded as many opportunities at reserve level as he had been getting with City. In the time since his masterclass in front of Ferguson a year earlier, Solskjaer had left to manage Molde and been replaced by Warren Joyce. "I did my hamstring against Spurs reserves. Fergie had already told me I could leave as I hadn’t made the first team. He said I could stay for another year if I wanted, that he was happy to help me find another club; and that I could leave on a free."
By the end of the season, he was on the move again. Having fallen out of love with the game, he headed back to Switzerland to study law at university before being offered a trial with Swiss side Lugano to revive his career.
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