I left Old Trafford over confidence crisis -- Fabio

 “I had been at Manchester United but I had been in and out, never really consistently playing games.
“I could never play five or six games in a row and I don’t think I ever got my confidence really going like I
do now.
“But it was leaving my brother that was the toughest because I had lived with him all my life.

“I had a chance to stay at United but I wasn’t going to play so what was the point of staying there just to keep with my brother but not play football? It was tough but I needed to do it.
“We joined Fluminense when we were 11 and had to move from home and into a house for players. We were the youngest there, we had to protect each other and look out for each other and it made the relationship stronger even for twins.
“When we moved to United we were in a big house together and we stayed there. We did not spend much time apart at all, we always stuck together and we did everything together – everyone at United would laugh at us but they understood.”

David Moyes allowed the Brazilian to leave later that month, but even after all his years at the club, some of the staff were unsure which Da Silva was leaving.

Even United's msot famous man-manager struggled with twins
“[Sir Alex] used to get us mixed up, but everyone did,” Fabio added.
“We were there six years but still some of the staff couldn’t tell us apart. Sir Alex came in half time once and started giving me a row but it was meant for my brother.
“Sir Alex would say: ‘Don’t sit together you two, move apart, you’re killing me!’.”