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Manchester United made their first six-figure signing in August 1962 with the transfer of Denis Law from Torino for £110,000, [citation needed] a new British record. [49] The club broke the British transfer record again in 1981 with the £1.5 million signing of Bryan Robson from West Bromwich Albion. [50]
George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United.A skillful dribbler, he is considered one of the greatest players of all time, [2] along with being considered one of the most talented to play.
Ryan Giggs is Manchester United's most-capped player of all time, making 963 appearances in 23 years for the club. [1] He later served as caretaker manager for the club in 2014. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester.
In January 2011, Charlton was voted the fourth-greatest Manchester United player of all time by the readers of Inside United and ManUtd.com, behind Ryan Giggs (who topped the poll), Eric Cantona and George Best. [57] He was a member of the Laureus World Sports Academy. [58]
Bergkamp's shot was saved by Peter Schmeichel, taking the game to extra time, [6] [7] where Patrick Vieira gave the ball away to Ryan Giggs who scored a sensational solo goal, dribbling past five Arsenal players to give United a 2–1 lead and send them through to the 1999 FA Cup final. [8]
Later that year on Saturday 18 December 1999, Yorke scored twice for Manchester United in a 4-2 away win at West Ham United. [50] His first goal that day saw him become the first foreign player to score 100 top flight goals. [51] This was his 27th league goal for Manchester United, after scoring 73 previously for Aston Villa.
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Paul Scholes (born 16 November 1974) is an English football pundit, coach, former player, and the co-owner of Salford City.He spent his entire professional playing career with Manchester United, for whom he scored over 150 goals in more than 700 appearances between 1993 and 2013.