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John Giles: 'I didn't think much of George Best at first'

I played two games in the reserves with George Best before I left Manchester United to go to Leed...
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22.08 14 May 2015


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John Giles: 'I didn't think much of George Best at first'

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22.08 14 May 2015


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I played two games in the reserves with George Best before I left Manchester United to go to Leeds. George was only 17 - only a young lad.

But the two matches I played in, he wasn't the George Best I saw 12 months later. So I didn't think that much of him. 

I thought he was okay, but by Christmas he was in the first team.

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And by the end of that season, he was a superstar.

So Matt Busby saw it in him and he was the most important person because he brought him in to the team.

So it's a question of spotting a player as is the case with Jack Grealish. In fairness, Tim Sherwood spotted his potential and put him into the Aston Villa team.

I didn't see much of George Best before he got into the reserves because he was playing in the juniors.

So I only had two matches to make a judgement on him and I couldn't make a judgement and he didn't look all that good to me. But as I said, I only saw him for two matches.

John Giles: 'I didn't think much of George Best at first'

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John Giles was speaking on Off The Ball last night as always on a Thursday.


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