I also thought a third year in the Belgium league might not be good for me,” he says, with some understatement. I wanted to show myself in the Premier League and Burnley made it clear they wanted me really bad so I took a chance. I felt really, really bad. That was a surprise because not everybody gets a letter from Sir Alex Ferguson when they are injured but I knew from a year before that Manchester United were following me closely. The manager said I had everything to win, that you are going to play in the Premier League and everybody is going to watch you.

Source: The Guardian October 28, 2016 11:00 UTC