Most people fondly remember Danish goalkeeper and football legend Peter Schmeichel as one of Manchester United's greatest players ever. The shot-stopper won the Premier League title five times, and deservedly takes his place as the keeper in most people's all-time Premier League XI.
However, one person who doesn't have such praise ready for the lovable giant is one of his former teammates, a certain Paul Parker. Parker was a full-back for England in his time, and won the league twice with the Red Devils.
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That hasn't stopped him from launching an astonishing tirade in the direction of Schmeichel on the radio show 'League of Legends', covering a wide array of topics.
˜�Big Pete' was a little bit of a coward in certain ways “ Peter was loud but he wasn't one who was always going to front up all the time."
He was a little bit of a baby sometimes¦ he would throw his rattle out of the pram, he would sulk, a big sulker, Pete."
Pete had his self-importance about him, massive self-importance."
Schmeichel's arrogance is linked by Parker to one particular incident involving a poll of important Danes.
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We was in one Sunday and Bryan Robsonhad a magazine and in that magazine it was talking about Denmark. There was like a poll in there and the poll was ˜the most important people in Denmark'."
One was the king, the second was Peter Schmeichel. But he was just reading it to himself and all of sudden he went¦he just shouted out: ˜Lads, who's the second most important person in Denmark, do you think?'"
Big Pete's gone: It's me, it's me. And that sums up big Pete. He had such an ego, he was so arrogant¦everything about him was ˜Me'.�
Even Schmeichel's home life comes under attack from Parker, though it is noticeable that the former full-back tries toportrayhimselfpositively in turn.
Paul Parker trying to grab a bit of limelight. He seems really bitter these days
"He would get home from training, tell his wife ˜I'm going to sleep..and now I need you, when I wake up, to make me a bowl of pasta.That was Pete. Everything was about his game. Sleep was important to him."
"Me? When I'd finished training I'd be walking around Manchester city centre. I'd be doing stuff. Big Pete was get home, sleep."
Is some kind of feud going on here? Or is Parker just jealous?