Former Manchester United winger Ashley Young says he would have earned more money as a substitute if he had decided to remain at Old Trafford.
Young left United at the age of 34, with six months to go on his contract at Old Trafford.
He went on to join Inter on an initial six-month deal, which was extended for the 2020-21 campaign, when the Nerazzurri won the Serie A title for the first time in over a decade.
Young also revealed that Man United came back with a last-minute contract offer in an attempt to stop him from joining Inter, but the versatile wideman had already made his decision by that point.
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“I don’t think there’s ever a Manchester United player who wants to leave. At the time, I was captain of the biggest club in the world. But Aaron Wan-Bissaka had arrived, and Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer, the manager at the time, told me he would play more and more.” Young told Sky Sports.
“I could have stayed anyway, but then I heard about Antonio Conte’s interest. And at 34, I had to choose between staying as captain at United but not playing, or going to another league and playing for a man who literally phoned me and said, ‘Come here to play, that’s it, I want you to play for my team’.
“Many say I could have stayed and earned money as a substitute, but I wanted to play football; that’s what I grew up with. As a child, I always wanted to play football and be successful. Inter were top of the league when I arrived. They would have ridden the wave of success, and the following season we would have won Serie A. I had already decided that I would go to Inter.”
