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Billy Davies reveals that joining Rangers instead of Manchester United was the “biggest mistake” of his life.
The former Scottish midfielder shares that he was offered a contract by then United boss Dave Sexton, which was a five-year deal.
However, after travelling with the Red Devils youth team, he got homesick and ended up moving to Ibrox.
He also had been linked with the Gers job before Philippe Clement took over. [Daily Record, 2023]
Davies told Open Goal, as quoted by Football Scotland (26 November), he said: “I got taken down to Manchester to the training ground and was down there from 12 until about 16 years old. I was mingling with the first team, it was great. The manager, Dave Sexton, he had a team full of Scottish guys in Arthur Albiston, Gordon McQueen and Joe Jordan. It was such a wonderful place to be.
“They offered me a five-year contract… but I went abroad with the youth team and took a bit of homesick and told Dave Sexton that very sadly I’d decided to stay home and sign a five-year deal with Rangers.
“It was a terrible decision for me. I was young, I was naive, I took homesick and I made a decision. But the club were fantastic. Dave Sexton was fantastic with his coaching. Every day going down to the training ground at the Cliff with all the first team boys like Lou Macari and Sammy McIlroy, Frank Stapleton, they were all there every day and we would sit beside them at lunch time.
“I’ve got to say it was a great experience. It’s a wonderful club. A great place to be. [Leaving] was the biggest mistake of my life.”
Billy Davies failed to take his chances at Rangers
Davies’ career trajectory at Ibrox doesn’t automatically imply he would have thrived at Manchester United.
Although the allure of playing for a club like United is strong, success there requires not just talent but also the right fit within the team.
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