Ylkay Gundogan could have been a Manchester United player a few seasons ago.

The German international who now plays for the Pep Guardiola team was once the first idea of ​​Alex Ferguson as a possible heir to Paul Scholes after his departure from Manchester.

It is known that Scholes and Ferguson retreated in the same year (2013), but Ferguson thought about the Gundogan season before winning the last title, but it did not work out.

Gundogan was then the player of Borussia Dortmund, and apart from this player, United's scouts were quite often followed by Marco Royce

In an exclusive interview with Evening Standard, then Ferguson's associate, Rene Mulenstein reveals:

"If Ferguson went on, he will retain the current team, but will complement him with some quality players." We thought about Gundogan and Royce from Borussia Dortmund at that time. Gundogan was similar to Scholes, who knew to lose, pre-match and quality to add a ball, "Mulentin reveals.


But United 2013 won the title, Ferguson was quick to think about retirement, and that happened, and United remained poorly in the middle, resulting in convincingly poor results since then.