With so much interest in the Premier League days, it’s easy for the domestic cup competitions to lose some their glitz and glamour.
Still, this evening pits Pep Guardiola against Jose Mourinho as the two Manchester titans collide at Old Trafford and there are few bigger games in Europe right now.
The United fans in the Transfer Tavern are slightly nervous after their last meeting though a video has emerged to take their minds off this evening’s game.
Rather amazingly, a certain Donald Trump has quite the history with the Red Devils in this competition.
Almost 25 years ago, the US presidential candidate was involved in the fifth-round draw on the ‘Saint and Greavsie’, held at Trump Towers.
Yes, it really happened.
It was the now-Republican candidate who picked out the glamour tie that day, setting up Manchester United’s away trip to then-title rivals Leeds United.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zoioohWdqQ
Such was the magnitude of that game at the time, Jimmy Greaves even moves to warn him about the size of the fixture.
“You don’t realise what you’ve done there,”says the World Cup-winner.
“That’s a biggie,” Trump says. “That sounds like a game I want to go to.”
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