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<\/p>\nJAMIE O'HARA has revealed he still regrets turning down a contract to appear on Celebrity Big Brother.<\/p>\n
The former Premier League star was paid \u00a3300,000 to appear on the reality TV show in January 2017.<\/p>\n
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However, he had also been offered a short-term deal at then Championship side Burton.<\/p>\n
Nigel Clough was keen to sign O'Hara after the ex-England under-21 international impressed on trial.<\/p>\n
At the time, the midfielder was a free agent after leaving Gillingham in September 2016.<\/p>\n
O'Hara instead opted to enter the Big Brother house, with the pair reuniting on talkSPORT on Friday.<\/p>\n
Recalling the incident, Clough said: "He said he was happy and he wanted to get back playing and I thought if we offer him a few hundred quid a week then Big Brother happened."<\/p>\n The former Brewers boss was offered an apology by O'Hara, though, as he gave his side of the story.<\/p>\n "Oh Nige I\u2019m sorry mate," he replied. "I went up there [Burton] and Nige was brilliant with me to be fair because I hadn\u2019t been playing. I was out and I was a little bit worried about my fitness.<\/p>\n "He asked me to come up there and I trained really well for a few days. He was like \u2018look, I really want you, I need a midfielder\u2019 but I\u2019d already signed a contract to go in Big Brother!<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/SD-SPORT-OFF-PLATFORM-ST-JAMES-PARK.jpg\")
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