Paddy McNair has revealed how he refused to go out on loan before sealing a transfer to Sunderland.
The defender left Manchester United for the Stadium of Light in a £5.5m move last summer.
But the 21-year-old, who made 27 first-team appearances at Old Trafford, has revealed it only happened after he defied Jose Mourinho and insisted on a permanent deal.
He told the BBC: "He wanted me to go on loan and I went in to see Jose and just said 'look, if you don't let me go on a permanent, I'm just going to stay here'.
"That's how strongly I thought about it. At the time, it's what I wanted so I've got no regrets. I think he quite liked how I was straight up. I said I wanted to leave, that I didn't want to go on loan.
"I think he respected that. I told him that I'd been here since I was 12-years-old and club could at least let me do what I want to do. I spoke to Ed Woodward and said the same to him. I was refusing to go on loan basically. I just wanted a new challenge and off I went."
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