Cannot deny that.
Rest of Michael Stewart's quotes in The Sunday Mail:
'That same day the gaffer told me the signing (Veron) wouldn't affect my future but that's exactly what it did. At that stage I was training every day with the first team. The next step was to try to get ahead of Nicky Butt in the pecking order. But after Veron came in I was dropped to the reserves.
'That was the start of me thinking it might not happen for me at United. Veron didn't have the best of seasons but the gaffer had to justify paying so much for him. And he wasn't going to drop Roy Keane or Paul Scholes.
'I'm still confident enough to feel I could go back there and handle myself.
'The competition in midfield isn't anything like as intense as it was three years ago.
'But if the opportunity is not there then there's no point hanging around. I'm happy to be at Hearts and want to start showing people what I can do.'