While there have been best of the best players present in the English Premier League Club Manchester United, even among those best there have been few have outdone even the top lot. Let`s have a look at these best of the best players, that have had the pleasure of playing for English Premier League`s most famed club, Manchester United.
5) David Beckham
David Beckham
While many will argue that England’s former Captain David Beckham doesn’t belong in Manchester United’s Top 5 Best of the Best list, but we still think that Beckham being the most famous player in the recent history football as he was not only the best free-kick taker the history ever produced but was also known for his long passing and corner taking abilities and was one of the best star the red army ever had.
4) Peter Schmeichel
Peter Schmeichel
Considered one of the best goalkeepers in the history of football, Peter Schmeichel along with van der Saar is considered the legends that today’s goalkeepers follow.
Many say that no matter what kind of shot strikers came up with, it couldn’t get past Schmeichel, and if he was playing today, even the likes of Ronaldo and Messi could get past him that easily.
Besides his goalkeeping abilities, many said that even his goal scoring abilities were equally good and his time with Manchester United can never be matched by another Goalkeeper of the current time.
3) Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney
Manchester United’s current captain and one of the best midfielder that the club has ever seen has the record of most goals scored by an English player in UEFA Champions League under his name.
He also is one of those players currently in the Man. United team who even after being offered a substantial amount of money will not trade his club for any other team, considered one of England’s most complete player, he has all-around abilities that one looks for in a player.
Considered Manchester United’s most unpredictable player, many believe the 29 years will break many more records in the years to come.
2) Eric Cantona
Eric Cantona
Considered the ‘King’ of the English Premier League, and one of the best players ever to come out of Manchester United, Eric ‘King’ Cantona helped Manchester United win many trophies and is one of the all-time favourite player for many Red Army fans. Known for his work ethics it is known fact that he worked hard to reach where he did and deserve the title of King of English Premier League.
In his brief period of five years with the Red Devils, Eric scored 64 out of his 131 club career goals, but it was in Cantona’s debut year that Manchester United won the very first English Premier League title in 1992-93, their first top division since 1967. A feat which not only put United in history books but also put Cantona in record books as being the first player ever to win back-to-back English top division titles with two different clubs.
1) George Best and Cristiano Ronaldo
Busby with George Best, Ronaldo with Ferguson
While Cristiano Ronaldo is considered the best of the best player in current times, George Best was probably the greatest player to have ever played at the Old Trafford, Ronaldo might be considered the best in the current time but he still has not taken over the skills that George Best had, while Ronaldo is known as the biggest challenge that the defenders of today face, when it comes to history Best’s Speed, balance, vision, superb close control, the ability to create chances and score from seemingly impossible situations just told half the story of the potential that he was.
And thus that is the reason many say “Pele Good, Maradona Better, George Best.” While we cannot deny the future to Ronaldo and his abilities, we also cannot deny Best of the past, so we would like to give the first place in the ‘Best of the Best’ list to both Ronaldo and Best.
