Arsenal hero Ian Wright opened up to Sky Sports pundit Roy Keane about playing alongside one “unbelievable” and “amazing” Manchester United legend in his career.
Ian Wright had a remarkable playing career at club level and lifted a Premier League title, a European Cup Winners’ Cup, two FA Cups and a League Cup with Arsenal.
The 60-year-old former Arsenal striker made 281 appearances for the Gunners and netted an impressive 180 times during his spell at the club in the 1990s.
Despite his successful club career, footballer-turned-pundit Wright saw his playing time limited with England on the international stage.
Wright, who made his England debut under Graham Taylor in 1991, only managed 33 appearances for the Three Lions and scored nine times for his country.
The former Crystal Palace and Gunners star was even brutally snubbed by former England manager Terry Venables for Euro 96.
Wright on Man Utd legend
Ian Wright played in World Cup and European Championship qualifiers for England, but the Arsenal legend missed out on major tournaments for the Three Lions.
Despite his lack of opportunities for England, the former Crystal Palace and Arsenal striker shared fond memories with one Manchester United legend in a B team match.
Wright appeared in The Overlap’s latest video alongside Roy Keane, Gary Neville, and Jamie Carragher during the YouTube channel’s tour in Turin, Italy.
The ex-Three Lions international was sat in the back of the car with United legend Keane and shared his experience of playing for England B at times.
Wright admitted to Keane that he deeply enjoyed one England B match that he played in his career after sharing the pitch with the United legend Bryan Robson.
“I played a B game,” he said.
“I played a B game with Bryan Robson [against] Algeria. Nah, it was amazing. It was because Bryan Robson was playing in it with me.
“It was unbelievable. I don’t know if he was coming from injury – we were in Algeria – it was amazing playing with him.”
Wright on playing against Robson
Bryan Robson remains United’s longest-serving captain in history and had a remarkable playing career at Old Trafford under Sir Alex Ferguson.
Wright crossed paths with the 67-year-old ex-United star when he was at Crystal Palace and scored a late equaliser against the Red Devils in a 1-1 draw in 1989.
Speaking to FourFourTwo in 2016, he said: “After winning promotion, we played Manchester United at home in the old First Division.
“They had the likes of Bryan Robson, Mark Hughes and Paul Ince playing for them. We were losing 1-0 after Robbo had given them the lead, but I equalised in the last few minutes.
“People had been saying: ‘You scored in the Second Division, but can you do it in the top league?’
“When I did it in the first home game of the season against Man United I realised: ‘I’m in the big league.’”
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