“In 2002, I was playing for Independiente and knew that Manchester United were interested in me; we had arranged a meeting. Then Middlesbrough approached my agent, they wanted to see me before United. “Sir Alex Ferguson found out about this.
One day I got a phone call while I was in the bathroom. My roommate was sleeping on the bed so I was quiet. “I could understand English from a very early age, but I could barely understand the man on the phone. He was speaking really fast with a very strong accent. I made a great effort to understand and worked out that he wanted me to play for him. "‘We want you,’ he said." ALSO READ: United bust-ups that helped shape Fergie's greats ALSO READ: The USA game when Fergie knew he'd uncovered another United gem Sir Alex Ferguson wasn't speaking with hyperbole when he made his sales pitch to Diego Forlan in the January transfer window of 2001.
Manchester United wanted to add extra firepower to a side which was over-reliant on the individual brilliance of Ruud van Nistelrooy in attack, there were few more promising than 22-year-old hopeful Forlan.
The young Uruguayan striker had netted 30 goals in 52 games in the Argentine championship and was ready to take the next step in a career, a career which at one stage had looked so unlikely.
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