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In March 2014 five members of Manchester United’s legendary Class of 92 agreed a takeover of non-league side Salford City.
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Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt were on board but the biggest name of all – David Beckham – was missing.
Before now no explanation has been given as to why this previously tight-knit group of friends didn’t take the project on with Beckham involved.
But ahead of a new BBC documentary taking a look behind the scenes at how the club is run Giggs has revealed why their former team-mate declined to get on board with the project.
He said: “The conversation was had. Becks was busy with trying to get an MLS franchise so the timing wasn’t great which we understood.
“He was busy and still is busy. It was a shame.”
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