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I was compared to George Best but Man United had to sell me - and Sir Alex Ferguson regretted it
18.02.2024 - 06:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Keith Gillespie was once dubbed the ‘new George Best’ but ended up leaving Manchester United with just 14 senior appearances under his belt.
The right winger was part of the academy wave that gave birth to the Class of ‘92 but the 1994 Charity Shield would be the only piece of silverware he would lift at Old Trafford. Being deemed surplus to requirements due to Premier League squad rules at the time, the Northern Irishman was sold to Newcastle in a 1995 deal that saw Andy Cole move the other way.
Cole went on to be part of the 1999 Treble team, and ended his time at United with five Premier League titles, two FA Cups and a Champions League. Gillespie, who turns 49 today, tallied 148 appearances for Newcastle, spending three years at the club before moving on to Blackburn.
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However, it could have been much different. Sir Alex Ferguson had a change of heart a few months after he left and called Gillespie to try and bring him back to United. While he will not regret bringing in Cole, it seems he may have had second thoughts about Gillespie being the one who he sold.
Explaining to club media in 2020 why he left in the first place, the now-48-year-old Gillespie said: “I think when I did leave they had the European rule and, at that time, being from Northern Ireland I was classified as a foreigner, and you could only play two foreigners and three ‘assimilated’ players at the time.
“So when I did leave - it pretty much came out of the blue - but it was because they needed to get an English striker and Andy
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