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I had to get out of Man Utd, and leaving was the best moment of my life - Bebe

Bebe shot to fame when United signed him in 2010 but the player tells Goal that he was desperate to leave by the time he moved on four years later

By 2014, Bebe could not wait to get out of Manchester United.

“Every day I called my agent to ask him to get me out. It was a bad time. When you do not play, even if you are at a great club, then you are not happy, so why continue?”

The Portuguese is an infamous figure in the recent history of the Red Devils. Plucked from the lower leagues of his homeland to sign for one of the biggest clubs in the world, his struggle to make an impact at Old Trafford would land him in notoriety and his £7.