From the moment of his arrival as an unknown scrawny teenagers wear the famous No.7 shirt vacated by David Beckham a month earlier, to the moment he left for a then world-record fee of £80m, he delighted Manchester United fans with every touch of the football.
He became the first player to win a Ballon d’Or while at the club since the 1960s and would probably have a statue built outside Old Trafford once he retires.
