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Yet Allen says he has an even greater motivator to impress next week as he lines up against a hero he claims to have modelled his game on.
“It will be a very
special game for me,” said the seven-cap midfielder, nearing the end of a quite superb debut season in the Premier League.
“I’m sure Old Trafford is a place all the players have been dreaming of playing at.
“We probably thought it would never happen.
“When the fixtures came out it was one I looked for – I’m a boyhood United fan and I can’t wait to go there and pit my wits against players like Giggs and Paul Scholes.
“Giggs was always someone I looked out because he was a Welshman and a fantastic player. But, from my own football point of view, I looked up to Roy Keane and Scholes, who was my hero as a kid.
“I really studied the way they played as much as I could when I was trying to make it as a footballer.
“And when Scholes retired at the end of last season I was disappointed because I thought I would never get the chance to be on the same pitch and line up alongside him.
“Thankfully he has come out of retirement so I get that chance.”
“I’ve always been a United fan, but this season I’ve distanced myself and not focused on how they are doing,” said the 22-year-old, part of the Swans side that put Fergie’s men in the title driving seat with that 1-0 win over Man City last month. “But in saying that, Monday night is a game the whole footballing world will be watching.
“It’s difficult to pick which way it will go.
“I’d like to think United can win the title. Both teams have been evenly matched and I’m sure there will be more twists and turns even with just three games to go.
“But it will be a pretty good day if we can get a result and they are champions.”
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