SIR ALEX FERGUSON erstwhile invited a popular fable to bid with the Manchester United squad.
The legendary vocalist pulled up to the league with Miss World connected his limb - but it did not halt Roy Keane giving him a telling disconnected for a mediocre performance.
Man Utd mislaid 4-0 to Barcelona successful the radical signifier of the Champions League successful 1994.
And the imaginable crushed for the dense decision could beryllium due to the fact that the players' preparations were gatecrashed by Mick Hucknall.
The unthinkable communicative astir the Simply Red star's bizarre quality successful grooming was told by Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt connected their Football’s Greatest Eras podcast.
Scholes said: "I don't retrieve him being that good. He didn't similar a football."
Butt said: "Hucknall should person played [in the game] arsenic we were each rubbish.
"He was atrocious if I'm honorable with you. He had nary coordination. He could sing truly good - helium should instrumentality to that.
"I retrieve being successful the container and going similar 'it is Mick Hucknall with us'.
"And past helium started giving the shot distant and I retrieve Keane gave him a b******ing.
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"Keane is having a spell astatine him and I'm similar 'he is not a footballer, helium is simply a singer'.
Scholes added: "I look to retrieve arsenic good helium had Miss World with him.
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Butt explained: "I don't cognize what her sanction was, but she was a bully looking girl. She came to the pre-match, helium brought her in.
"I don't deliberation the manager was excessively blessed astir that. Everyone's attraction went from the game.
Scholes past chimed successful and hilariously said: "No wonderment we got beat."
The ex-England duo revealed Hucknall was astir the nine often arsenic helium became adjacent mates with Ferguson.
He is simply a passionate Man Utd instrumentality and archetypal met the brag by inviting him backstage astatine 1 of his concerts.