I’m an ex-Man Utd star and was forced to neck a ‘Wes Brown Special’ – it nearly got me sacked by Sir Alex Ferguson
FORMER Manchester United striker Daniel Nardiello revealed Sir Alex Ferguson threatened to boot him out of Old Trafford after he necked a “Wes Brown Special” in a nightclub.
Nardiello, 40, came through United’s academy before going on to play four games for the first team.
He also played for the likes of Barnsley, QPR and Rotherham and won three international caps for Wales.
But Nardiello recalled the time he was given a “Wes Brown Special” on a night out during his academy days.
After scoring in a game for United’s reserves, Nardiello’s team-mates urged him to go out and celebrate.
Speaking on the Under The Cosh podcast, he said: “I remember one time, I’ve played for the reserves at [aged] 16, 17 because they were short on players. A friendly game, come on, [played] 20 minutes and scored a goal.
“Got back to my digs and they [my fellow academy teammates] said, ‘Go out and celebrate. You’ve done really well, go out.'”
Having gone out in the city centre, Nardiello revealed he bumped into ex-United defender Wes Brown and one time Old Trafford striker David Healy.
Recalling the pair pulling him over to them, Nardiello said: “[I was] given us what he’s called a Wes Brown special.
“It was a triple gin, a triple whiskey and a triple vodka. He made us down all three.”
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But word of Nardiello’s exploits quickly got back to United manager Ferguson.
And the Old Trafford icon hauled Nardiello into his office for a stern telling off.
Nardiello continued: “Anyway, Monday morning comes along and we’re in the office with Fergie and Neil Bailey and stuff.
“He [Fergie] said, ‘If you ever go out again in Manchester, you’ll be sacked from the club, you’ll leave the club.”
The ex-striker claimed Fergie “had spies out in Manchester” so if any of the academy players or first-team stars went out, word would get back to him.
Nardiello said: “Genuinely, he had his spies out in Manchester. It was known if we ever went out in Manchester.
“That was my first ever experience of it.
“In digs, I never went out like that again because you knew it was getting back and you didn’t want to get in s*** with the gaffer and Neil Bailey and the youth team guys as well.”