Peter Schmeichel has revealed how he ended up taking part in a bizarre jazz session with Eric Cantona.
The Dane helped United win five Premier League titles, three FA Cups, a Champions League and a League Cup, whilst the Frenchman enjoyed five years at the club before calling time on his career.
He detailed how playing for the Reds and playing in a FA Cup final at Wembley was a dream for him, which he fulfilled in his third year at the club as they breezed past Chelsea to win 4-0.
“When I was a kid [in Denmark], every night, I was falling asleep to this dream of playing for Manchester United, playing at Wembley in an FA Cup final and winning the game and being the hero,” the 57-year-old told BBC Radio Four's Desert Island Discs.
After joining in 1992, the pair enjoyed staying together on their travels across England and Europe under Sir Alex Ferguson as his side enjoyed a trophy-laden spell.
He detailed how he and Cantona formed a musical duo after beating Liverpool in the 1996 FA Cup with the United number seven scoring the decisive goal.
The former goalkeeper added: "Eric and me - we were roommates for away trips. We stayed in the same hotel room and we had long chats about everything. I knew that Eric had begun to take trumpet lessons. And from a very early age, my father wanted me to be a pianist.
"It was one of those rare moments where you had a little bit too much adrenaline still in your body - and maybe a little bit too much to drink as well - and there's a piano and whatever happens happens, and you get carried away.
“We tried to play My Funny Valentine. Eric loved My Funny Valentine [a classic jazz composition]. I know that his dream was to play My Funny Valentine. And it was part of his lessons.”
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