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live broadcast on september 24th, former manchester united defender phil jones was interviewed by the media. he said that before joining manchester united, many teams wanted to sign him, and a call from ferguson made him finally decide to sign with manchester united.

"obviously i joined manchester united but there were a lot of other clubs that wanted to sign me, including chelsea and arsenal," jones said. "i met with wenger, i met with david moyes and manchester city, and harry redknapp called me, so i was lucky that i had a lot of options."

"the only team i didn't speak to or call was manchester united. one day, a number i didn't know called me. i don't usually answer numbers i don't know, but i picked up the phone half asleep and the voice on the other end said, 'hi phil, this is ferguson.'"

"then he said, 'we'd love to sign you, i like you, i know everything about you, and i'd love to talk to you in person.'"

"the last words he said on the phone still give me a chill. it was like he was looking me in the eye and saying, 'phil, do you want to be a winner?' i wanted to say yes, i did. i was thinking about which team i should sign with."

"i was flying to london in three hours to meet arsene wenger and i remember saying to my agent, 'i don't want to go, i've made my decision.'"