Tottenham Hotspur's Lucas Moura has said he was close to joining Manchester United before he made the switch from Sao Paulo to Paris Saint-Germain in the 2012-13 season.
In the summer of 2012, Sir Alex Ferguson said United were interested in the Brazilian winger, who was then just 19.
It was subsequently announced that he would move to PSG in January 2013, and he went on to win four Ligue 1 titles before moving to Spurs for £25 million in January 2018.
Moura has now said there was a firm basis to the rumours linking him with United, and he was close to moving to Old Trafford, per ESPN Brasil (h/t Goal's Chris Burton):
"Yes, there was a conversation [with United].