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Sir Alex Ferguson not too long ago bought in contact with former Manchester United ahead Danny Welbeck.
At 34 years previous, Welbeck is elevating query marks over United’s resolution to promote him to Arsenal practically a decade in the past, along with his exploits.
The United academy product, who received the Premier League title underneath Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013, has now established himself as a key a part of the Brighton and Hove Albion squad who’re hoping to win the FA Cup this season.
Welbeck has been concerned in a powerful 12 targets in all competitions for the Seagulls this time period and his most necessary contribution got here in opposition to Newcastle United.
The Englishman scored the extra-time winner in opposition to the Magpies to ship Brighton into the FA Cup quarter-finals.
Forward of his facet’s conflict in opposition to Nottingham Forest, Welbeck spoke to BBC and revealed that he acquired a name from his former supervisor after his Newcastle heroics.
“[Sir Alex Ferguson] really phoned me after the Newcastle objective,” he instructed Soccer Focus.
“He talked concerning the objective and the efficiency. He was buzzing and to have that form of connection, he’s a supervisor who’s at all times looking for his gamers, at all times needs the most effective for them, and nonetheless to at the present time is in touch.”
12 months after Ferguson retired, Louis van Gaal shipped Welbeck to Arsenal in 2014.
Welbeck received the FA Cup twice at Arsenal earlier than transferring to Watford. After a troubled spell at Vicarage Highway, he has rediscovered his kind at Brighton.
In latest instances, Wayne Rooney and Gary Neville have each advised that Welbeck continues to be adequate to play for United. Additional, the membership’s hierarchy reportedly tried to convey again their former expertise underneath Erik ten Hag.
With each Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund struggling to place the ball into the again of the web, even Ruben Amorim might do with an skilled goalscorer like Welbeck.
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