Peter Schmeichel believes he made a 'rash decision' to leave Manchester United and could have stayed at Old Trafford longer if he wasn't too proud to let Sir Alex Ferguson rest him.
Schmeichel left United in the summer of 1999 after captaining Ferguson's Treble-winning team to victory in the 1999 Champions League final because he was mentally exhausted.
The Danish goalkeeping great went on to play for another four years at Sporting Lisbon, Aston Villa and Manchester City before retiring at the age of 39.
But Schmeichel could have been persuaded to prolong his United career if he had discussed the possibility of rotation with Ferguson and not been so angry at the thought of missing games.