During his playing career, Juan Sebastian Veron was one of the best players in the world.

The Argentine was one of the best in Serie A when United signed him from Lazio, but he struggled to replicate anywhere near the same form at Old Trafford.

Two years after signing for Manchester United, Veron was shipped out to Chelsea.

The former Lazio man has revealed he now looks back on with regret.

He said: “At Chelsea, the reality is that I had very little time. I had a major back injury and I was out for practically six months.

“I was already thinking more about going back to Italy than staying there in England.

“With United, the truth is that there are few things, very few, that I regret. But one is to have left Manchester. They never pushed me or told me ‘you have to go’, but they gave me the chance, the possibility. I had talks with my former colleagues at that time telling me that I had to stay. And at one moment I decided to leave because I wanted to play, because I didn’t know… I should have stayed.”