"I Was Wrong to Leave" - Manchester United Flop Says Leaving Old Trafford Was Mistake

"I was wrong to leave" - Manchester United flop says leaving Old Trafford was mistake

Massimo Taibi had a brief spell at Manchester United between 1999 and 2000. The Italian never really made an impact but still harbours regret about his departure. Taibi joined the Red Devils from Venezia for £4.5m, which was a significant amount at that point. He came up with a famous performance against Liverpool soon after his arrival but in other games, things fell flat. He was nicknamed ‘The Blind Venetian’, as the English press took shots a…

Taibi: 'I should never have left Man Utd'

Massimo Taibi’s journey to professional football began not with ambition but with necessity, a missing goalkeeper at a youth game in Palermo that prompted someone to ask the forward if he fancied going between the posts. He never came back out.That accidental beginning launched a career that took him to AC Milan, Man Utd and across the length and breadth of Serie A, and now the 56-year-old is channelling those experiences as sporting director at…