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"Man City released me... so I drove around the corner and signed for Manchester United"

"My contract was up and City released me and signed a paper saying I could leave on a free.

"The next day, I drove to City’s training ground at Carrington to collect my stuff. The reserve manager told me I had to train, but I told him I was leaving. I didn’t say where.

"Then I drove around the corner and signed for Manchester United."

There have been many people who have played football for both Manchester United and Manchester City, but very few have ever made the direct switch between the two clubs. Denis Law and Carlos Tevez are the most notable for directly swapping red for sky blue, with Jadon Sancho the most recent example of a player to represent both sides of the city.

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It was deadline of the 2012 transfer window when young defender Frederic Veseli crossed the great divide.

The promising defender had spent three-and-a-half successful years on the blue side of Manchester but decided it was time for a change, given he had no clear pathway to the first team.

He wanted to move to a club where there was a real opportunity to make it. He didn't have to look far.

"These days, Manchester City are chasing titles and major trophies," his former agent Adam Bouskouchi stated. "It is difficult for them to have faith in youth because they obviously feel experience is the best way for them to get where they want to go. But that attitude didn't help Freddie, who just felt like he wasn't progressing.

"Freddie spoke with several clubs, here and abroad. But he wants to be a top player in England, and when Sir Alex spoke to him, it made such an impression.

"He is a difficult man to say no to and his track record was enough

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