Man Utd flop Bebe says leaving Old Trafford was ‘best moment of his life’
The Portuguese forward has opened up about his disastrous spell at Manchester United where he played just seven times over four years
OLD TRAFFORD may be known as "the theatre of dreams", but for Bebe it was more of a nightmare.
The forward only played seven times for Alex Ferguson's side and has now revealed he was relieved when he left Manchester United, hailing the moment he heard he had been sold as the best moment of his life.
In 2010, Fergie took a £7.4 million gamble on the Portuguese youngster who he signed on the recommendation of his assistant Carlos Queroz.
But, after seven appearances in his first season he didn't step out for United again.
Several loan spells followed at Besiktas, Rio Ave and then Pacos de Ferreira but Bebe claims he wanted out, in order to find his form again.
Speaking to , the Portuguese attacker said: "Every day I called my agent to ask him to get me out. It was a bad time. When you do not play, even if you are at a great club, then you are not happy, so why continue?"
While many footballers that have walked through the tunnel at Old Trafford remember their playing years there as the best days of their lives, Bebe couldn't wait for his stint in a United shirt to be over.
He said: “I remember that I was going for a United game with the youth team, and my agent called me and told me I had been sold to Benfica. It was the best moment of my life.
“I am a ‘Benfiquista’, it was a dream to play there because all my friends and my family supported Benfica. I did not sleep that day! I spent the whole day awake.”
Bebe struggled to adapt to life at one of the biggest clubs in the world and the different lifestyle.
When the Portuguese forward was signed, he joined from a relatively unknown side in Portugal where he had a support network.
His move to a large city was a far cry from the orphanage that he had grown up in.
Despite enduring a difficult couple of years, Bebe is grateful to the club for all they did for him and for how it changed his life.
The former forward said: “I can’t regret something that has given me so much food, that changed my life and the life of my family. United gave me everything. That’s where everything started for me.
“I could have a car, a house, I could buy things that I couldn’t have bought before. I could help my family and friends in things they couldn’t do... I do not regret anything. It was a very good decision from me and my agent."
