Liverpool veteran James Milner says he could have signed for Everton as a junior.
The 33-year-old midfielder has become a hero at Anfield after helping the team to the European Cup in June.
Writing in his autobiography, Milner said: "The first club that showed an interest was Everton.
I might even have ended up signing for them if my trial hadn't been called off because of snow.
I had carried on playing for Westbrook Juniors and I ended up moving up to the Under-12s because they didn't have an Under-10 or Under-11 team.
I scored a lot of goals and I must have been doing okay because when it came to the end of that season, there were parents from some of the other teams complaining I shouldn't be allowed to play against them because I was 'too young'.
I played a district match in Crosby and I was told afterwards an Everton scout had been watching and wanted me to go on trial.
That was the first time I had even thought about the possibility of being a footballer, but then the trial game got called off because of snow.
We kept waiting for another phone call, but it never came, so I thought my chance might have come and gone."
