Treble winner David May: Mark Robins key to Man Utd move

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28 Aug 2019 • 4:32 PM MYT
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Manchester United Treble winner David May says Mark Robins was behind his move from Blackburn Rovers.

May became a member of United's '99 Treble winning squad.

He recalled to manutd.com: "Blackburn played Norwich away and Mark Robins, who was playing for Norwich, told me afterwards that United were there watching me. I spoke to [United scout] Les Kershaw after the game, he was asking me about my contract situation and, because nothing was happening with Blackburn, he asked me how I felt about joining United.

"It was totally out of the blue, even though I'd been playing well for Blackburn, but that was enough for me. My mind was made up and even if Blackburn had come back and offered me the same money that Alan Shearer was on, I'd still have joined United. When the move to United went through, I was so proud. I was joining the biggest club in the world, they'd just won the Premier League and the FA Cup and I wanted to join a team that was going to go on and win things.

"That's all I ever wanted to do and I did that. I never for one minute regretted leaving Blackburn."