Believe it or not, only one club showed interest in signing Paul Scholes during his illustrious career at Manchester United.
After making his first-team debut in a League Cup tie against Port Vale, the Salford-born midfielder would go on to make over 700 appearances for his boyhood club.
Scholes, who also made 66 appearances for his country, won 25 trophies between 1993 and 2013, including 11 Premier League titles, two Champions Leagues and four FA Cups.
He was regarded as one of Europe's most respected players, particularly in the late 90s and early 2000s.
In fact, Italian giants Inter expressed their interest in bringing him to the San Siro in 2000, although talks never came to fruition.
Speaking to BBC Radio, Scholes explained: "I was never made aware that any team was interested in me, but I had a call from my old agent Bryan Robson."
"He called me when we were away at Euro 2000 to ask if I would be interested in going to Inter, but that was the only call I ever had."
I never heard anything after that and the manager didn't tell me anything. I was playing at my boyhood club, I was a Manchester boy, we were winning trophies all the time," Scholes continued.
"If the manager told me he didn't want me, I would definitely have gone if there was a big club abroad that wanted me, but I would never have to think about Barcelona, Real Madrid or Milan. . I was already at the biggest club in the world," concluded Scholes.
A transfer fee of around £31 million was rumored at the time, but United were unwilling to part with one of their key players and the rest, as they say, is history.
Scholes later said the fact that he hasn't won more Champions Leagues in his career is something that has stuck with him./Telegraph/
