How Robbo was bemused by Olsen's 'little bears'

Tuesday 10 October 2023 14:15

There was one story from Jesper Olsen's UTD Podcast that we simply could not ignore.

Legendary captain Bryan Robson had been asked by co-host Helen Evans if he had any memories of Jesper to share, ahead of the former Manchester United winger's episode being recorded at Old Trafford.

Robbo recalled with great amusement how Olsen, a summer signing in 1984, arrived at the training ground one morning with a complaint about the "tiny, baby bears" in his garden.

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When the former England skipper's anecdote was shared with the Dane, he was happy to shed more light on the story.

"That's right, they [the other players] were all laughing," admitted Olsen.

"I didn't know the name of these little red squirrels! So I had to try to explain about them [and describe] what they looked like.

"[I said] 'they're little bears or something, they're crawling everywhere'. Stuff like that. And they looked at me and said, 'We have no idea what you are on about!'

"Then we obviously we got to [realise] it was red squirrels. I'd never seen them before!

"Now I see them all the time when I'm here [in England] with my daughters."

You can listen to the full UTD Podcast with Jesper Olsen here now.

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