Former French footballer Pascal Chimbonda reveals one regret from his career.

The right-back starred in the Premier League with Wigan when he arrived in 2005 from Bastia.

And he did enough in that season to get into the French 2006 World Cup squad.

And Chimbonda admits he wanted to go to Manchester United that summer, but was not allowed to do so.

He told The Athletic: "That's my biggest regret. That changed a lot of things.

"If I didn't do what I did then maybe I would have joined Manchester United. But when I made this mistake, I threw my chance away. Man Utd didn't want to sign someone who would do this.

"Wigan were so mad, they didn't say anything to me. At the end of the game I gave a written letter to the manager in the dressing room, and he opened it in front of everyone. I wasn't even showered yet.

"The chairman was there too and I thought 'what have I done?' What a stupid thing to do. We were supposed to meet on the Monday, but I was told the manager doesn't want to see you. Just go on holiday. That's my big regret. If I could go back in time, I wouldn't do this."