Juan Sebastian Veron endured a difficult two-season stint at Manchester United but the Argentine great has regrets about leaving Old Trafford so quickly.
Veron signed for United for a then-record £28.1million in 2001 amid plenty of excitement from manager Alex Ferguson and the fans as the club sought to recapture the Champions League.
"Sometimes I played with [Paul] Scholes and [Roy] Keane," Veron told United Review.
"Sometimes in a 4-4-2 with Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole. The system varied, but I should have stayed at United and not left."
"It was a big change of culture for us," he said.
"We'd been happy living in Italy, but the people in Manchester helped us adjust. The best thing was the people, in the club, in the street. We lived in Hale.
"It was tranquil, there was a small forest nearby, and we liked it. Roy Keane – the captain and a top player in a group where standards were high - lived near me.
"There were people in the dressing room who spoke Italian and Spanish. Mikael Silvestre spoke Italian, Laurent Blanc too.
"Quinton Fortune spoke Spanish, while Diego Forlan would arrive and he spoke Spanish.
"And El Mister [Ferguson] tried to speak Spanish! People at Carrington always had a word for me in Spanish."
"I'm proud. It's my city, my people," he said.
"Estudiantes is different to United – we have divisions for many sports, not just football. And I'm Estudiantes, I can't just move to another club.
"It can never compare to playing, but I'm enjoying it. And I enjoyed it in Manchester."
