Welcome to the big interview bite size. I'm Graham Hunter and in each episode you'll hear an elite footballer tell a story that's guaranteed to brighten your day. All of them will come from my podcast,

the big interview with Graham Hunter, which you can find by searching on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. You got to find a role for yourself and the team, you know, of Manchester and

United. I'll learn very quickly that. I came into the team as a right winger

which I'm not a right winger but I had to do a job for the team which I did then eventually I started to play in Central

midfield and I looked to the side of the end he got Roy Keane and Paul Scoles.

Roy Keane controlled the midfield.

He was the boss of the midfield.

So I knew that.

Scolesay is technically one of the best players of all time.

So you got them to.

So I realize quickly well I'm going to have to be the legs of this team.

I'm going to have to be the water carrier.

I'm going to have to be the one who will set a tempo and

get the ball back and drag opponents away to let those two play.

And then I've got, I know I've got Rinaldo outside, man. I'm going to, we want Rinaldo to attack, so if he doesn't track his full back back I'm going to be the first one over there

to win the ball back and give it to Rinaldo.

So I learn very quickly that my physical and stopping opposition and setting a tempo in a match was going to be very important

if I wanted to have a long career at Manchester United and playing against those players every day in training

gave me the practice to do that and that's not me saying I'm not a good football

player I believe I was a good football player but you've got to look around

you and realize yeah not as good as him as that I'm not as good as him as that but I can't do this

and all of a sudden I've gone from somebody who didn't really think was a great tackler or

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