Roy Keane recalled the one time he asked to swap shirts at the end of the game, and how it put the midfielder off from ever making such a request again.
The Manchester United legend was speaking to former teammate Gary Neville on an episode of The Overlap, and took us back to a warm-up friendly against Germany before the 1994 World Cup.
He said: "I've asked one player to swap a jersey, which I regret when I played Germany with Ireland. Once to swap a player for Germany, pre-94 World Cup.
After being asked who the player was by Neville, Keane replied: "It was the sweeper, Sammer. He said, 'No' and I went, '****'
"He was polite, but if I really wanted to swap with somebody, it probably would have been Zidane.
"Zidane is a brilliant player and after the Madrid game we were walking up the tunnel together; he was looking at me, and I was thinking he'd probably ask me for my shirt . But no, I'm glad we didn't swap shirts, and that was the other time I thought, 'will I, won't I?' and I've gone, 'no, leave it.'"
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This exchange was part of a fascinating interview between two men who have won just about everything in the club game.
Keane also recounted his relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson, the fall-out from leaving the Republic of Ireland World Cup squad, and summed up his hugely-successful 12 years at the club.
The straight-talking Irishman is now enjoying life as pundit, and we see the lighter side of him in a special Christmas series with Micah Richards that certainly brightened our day.
It is the first episode in a 'Driving Home for Christmas' series produced in partnership with Sky Bet, and can be viewed here.
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