“I remember getting back [from the World Cup] and walking through the airport and being absolutely abused by this one TV reporter at the time, saying how I’d let my parents down, my grandparents down. This was at Heathrow when we landed. Then I went to New York to see Victoria [Beckham, wife].
“Every game that [following] season, apart from obviously every time we played at Old Trafford, was horrendous.
“Every talk show, everywhere I went, every time I put petrol into my car, I was getting abused. Whether it was in Manchester, whether it was in London, it didn’t matter.
“But I think the thing that got me through that particular season was the United fans.”
“I remember getting back [from the World Cup] and walking through the airport and being absolutely abused by this one TV reporter at the time, saying how I’d let my parents down, my grandparents down. This was at Heathrow when we landed. Then I went to New York to see Victoria [Beckham, wife].
“Every game that [following] season, apart from obviously every time we played at Old Trafford, was horrendous.
“Every talk show, everywhere I went, every time I put petrol into my car, I was getting abused. Whether it was in Manchester, whether it was in London, it didn’t matter.
“But I think the thing that got me through that particular season was the United fans.”