Man Utd tried to sign me after I destroyed Arsenal before devastating injury blows

Trevor Sinclair has revealed he once turned down Manchester United to become a Loftus Road legend.

The retired winger was still in his early days at Queens Park Rangers when the Red Devils came calling for his signature. Sinclair progressed quickly up the divisions after joining QPR from Blackpool in 1993, and the initial intimidation of playing in the Premier League soon ebbed as he found his footing.

The 51-year-old's career perhaps didn't meet its potential due to injury setbacks afflicting the former Manchester City and West Ham star. However, he revealed during a recent appearance on the Ben Heath Podcast just how close he came to signing on at Old Trafford after breaking onto the top-flight scene.

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"Not really," replied Sinclair when asked if he felt the move was one that "got away" from him. "I think there's always gonna be speculation when you're playing well. I remember playing for QPR at the start and thinking, 'How am I gonna get in this team?' Because the level of the players in my team, and I thought, 'This is different class. I'm gonna have to work my socks off to try and get anywhere near this.'

"Eventually I did, and that was from Gerry [Francis] putting individual work into me one-on-one, making sure I knew what my role was, and then being able to trust me and give me the opportunity. But I remember playing against the Arsenal team with [Nigel] Winterburn, Tony Adams and Lee Dixon - and this was the '1-0 to the Arsenal' under George Graham [team].

"And I remember playing against them, and I absolutely destroyed both of them.