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His old team-mate Tony Adams yesterday revealed he almost joined Sir Alex Ferguson's side just before Arsene Wenger took the reigns at the Gunners.

And when Seaman was asked if he also ever came close to joining United, the ex-England stopper replied: "Yes, very close.

"Before I went to Arsenal, I had the choice of Man United or Arsenal. A little choice it was and I was living in London with my family and everything so that's why I chose Arsenal."

But once the Yorkshireman joined the north London side, there was never any real question of him leaving the club.

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When asked if any teams were interested in him while he was playing at Highbury, he said: "No, there were just rumours. But I was happy at Arsenal, I was always happy at Arsenal.

"It weren't until 13 years after that I left and went to Man City which ended up just being six months."

And when asked if he enjoyed his time with the Eastlands side, Seaman said: "Yeah, it was good. It didn't go as planned obviously because I got injured and that cut it short.

"But I loved my time at Arsenal, there was never any question of me leaving. Plus we were winning things so it does help."

When quizzed on whether an opportunity to play abroad ever arose, the ex-England stopper said: "Nope, but I'm sure that if there had been an opportunity I'd have tried it because I would have loved to have played in a different country."

*David Seaman was speaking on behalf of The Football League and Capital One - the credit card in your corner. Visit facebook.com/CapitalOneUK