Romanian supporter who played football at Old Trafford, with Saha and Wes Brown as coaches: “Lads…”

Between 2022 and 2025, the Tezos company, a blockchain platform, was one of the sponsors of Manchester United, the one that appeared centrally on the training shirts.

During the years when this partnership was in force, the former sponsor of the “red devils” organized an event dedicated to supporters from all over the world. Specifically, the leaders of fan clubs recognized by the club.

One of the founding members of the Romanian fan club also participated in the demonstration match held at the team's stadium, “Old Trafford”. It is about Vasi Bîlc from Cluj, who reported today, at Premier GSP, what it was like to step on the turf where today stars such as Bruno Fernandes, Casemiro and Bryan Mbeumo play.

Romanian supporter who played at Old Trafford, with Saha and Wes Brown as coaches: “Lads…”

“It was a very interesting experience, which I am very proud of. It happened 2-3 years ago, through the fan club we created. The Tezos, who were one of the technical sponsors and appeared on the training equipment, thought to reward us fan club people and organized a match against a team made up of their own staff.

That's how I ended up playing at Old Trafford, a very interesting experience. 60-minute match, two 30-minute halves. We had Louis Saha as our coach, Wes Brown was his second. It was a moment I will remember for the rest of my life.

The people from the club welcomed us, we got a meal before the match, we went to the changing room, we got the complete equipment, which I kept.

I got to the dressing room and Louis Saha came. He asked each of us what position we wanted to play. Of course, there were about 17 of us in total and 16 of them wanted to play forward. I raised my hand and said, “Okay, I'll be a central defender”.

Until the match started, the former defender Wes Brown, with 7 titles won at Manchester United, uttered a line that Vasi Bîlc will always remember:

“On entering the field, after Louis Saha gave us some tactical instructions, Wes Brown came, he looked at us and in a tone specific to Alex Ferguson said: «Lads, it's just Tezos»with reference to the famous “Lads, it's just Tottenham”.

Of course we lost 1-6. I didn't have a chance, but in the end it was interesting again. We met with him again and told him: «Coach, he didn't give us good advice. They crushed us””.

Wes Brown and Louis Saha are iconic players for Manchester United, the former with 362 games, the latter with 124 appearances and 42 goals. After retirement, neither followed the path of coaching.