He’s not exactly getting any younger either.

And what a great alternative we have in Nani. Some great pace and skill on the ball - this United team is finally looking “continental” which is just what we need to win the Champions League again, fingers crossed it could be this year…

Check out this great piece of skill where he takes the piss out of Arsenal.

Pippo Inzaghi scored two inside just a few minutes. It looked like it was well and truly over, but United have a “never say die” attitude and they came back thanks to Keano.

Despite getting a yellow that would rule him out of the final, instead of crying buckets of tears like Gaza, he threw caution to the wind and played one of the finest matches of his life. Even Fergie described him in his autobiography:

“It was the most emphatic display of selflessness I have seen on a football field. Pounding over every blade of grass, competing if he would rather die of exhaustion than lose, he inspired all around him. I felt it was an honour to be associated with such a player.”

I’ll stop babbling and you can just watch the video!

Before the match, AS Roma were expected to give United a stern test, even though they were playing away from home at Old Trafford. In the 1st leg in Italy, their hoolies and local police had run riot and given United hell.

What happened, noone could have predicted. United totally ripped AS Roma and sent the Italians home packing!

First, the talisman Keano was sent off, secondly, Schikes saved a penalty and third….that goal! Need I say more!

Going down a single goal in the second half is bad enough but United would aim to recover from this. When an own goal by Phil Neville went in soon after in the 54th minute, the impact of two sudden goals at that stage of the game would probably see most teams buckle.

But Manchester United came back and kept trying - a 77th minute goal by Ole Solskjaer gave United hope or a draw perhaps? Only three minutes later, United scored with a sublime chest by van Nistelrooy comverted into a thundering header! The place went mad.

Only two minutes later in the 80th minute, Ruud found himself one on one with our old keeper Schmikes and took it around him with ease to score the third.

What happened next every fan could predict and there was a mini pitch invasion as travelling United fans could not suppress their emotions and took to the pitch engulfing van Nistelrooy, maybe a hundred of them!

What a classic United match!

This was the team that won it all (domestically) in the mid 90s.

This was a classic but not a titan battle - it was a destoying of Forest 5-0!!

I especially like Eric the King’s target practice at the end!

btw the sound quality is poor, especially at the beginning, but just bear with it.

Reportedly, United are on the brink of signing this wonderkid from Partizan Belgrade. That would make him the 3rd Serbian player that United have signed (if you include Djordic).

This wonderkid is not without experience though - despite being only 17, he is the top scorer in the league!

I found a video on him so enjoy!

He has enjoyed an excellent relationship with Fergie over the years who even let him go to Real Madrid when they came knocking, because he didn’t believe in holding back his ambitions.

Managerial careers are short lived at top clubs with huge expectations and Fergie and the club soon welcomed him back to United.

He is known to be particularly well liked by the youngsters at United and he has proven in the past to be good at youth development, coaching and tactics making him a good addition to Fergie’s high demands, motivation but lack of tactical awareness.

Unlike the fickle England fans who lynched him after his world cup red card, die hard reds stuck by him through this tough period.

I don’t really need to say much about Becks as his reputation precedes him.

I will add though that his best period was in the treble winning year of ‘99.

After that, defenders never gave him any space for crosses although he did improve his game in many other areas.

Enjoy these videos of David Beckham!

On his day he could be a rock in the centre of midfield and was used tactically by Fergie for this reason on many occasions.

In the World Cup of 2002, Pele even called him “player of the tournament”!

He has since moved on to the barcodes where we can see that his temper has worsened!