Former Tottenham Hotspur star Toby Alderweireld has insisted he doesn’t regret not forcing a move to Manchester United earlier in his career.
The centre-back spent six years at Spurs before leaving them for Al-Duhail in 2021. Earlier this year, he made a switch to Royal Antwerp.
During the 33-year-old’s time at Tottenham, Manchester United showed interest in acquiring his services. This was in the summer of 2018 when José Mourinho was in charge at Old Trafford.
Sport/Voetbalmagazine have had a long chat with the Belgian, where he explained the Jupiler Pro League side will be the last club of his playing career.
“People wrongly think that players have a lot to say in transfers. We are usually the last to be informed about a potential deal. That’s just the reality. After the World Cup in Russia, I found out what was going on with Manchester United. That’s partly up to me,” Alderweireld said.
“I always told my agent that I wanted to focus purely on football. I told him: ‘If a club comes, you can arrange everything and I will hear it.’ In the case of Manchester United, should I have been more committed? No, I don’t regret anything.
“My best years as a footballer have been with Tottenham. I have so much respect for that club that it would be strange to say now that I should have forced my transfer to Manchester United.”
