Alex Ferguson chose Denis Law and had the following to say
“Denis Law was my hero as a player. I idolized him. When I first met him I was so excited. It was at a game in Paris, he had played in the first half and we went for a cup of tea afterwards. I thought: ‘This is it, I’ve made it, I’m having a cup of tea with Denis Law!’ For me, he epitomized everything a Scotsman is about. He was daring and courageous, he had that bravado about him and he had style. He was a truly fantastic footballer.”
Jonny Evans chose Roy Keane
Gary Neville chose Bryan Robson
John O’Shea chose Paul McGrath
Rio Ferdinand, Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney all went for Diego Maradona.
Ryan Giggs picked Maradona but also John Barnes
Anderson chose Rivaldo and Ronaldinho
Rafael Da Silva selected Roberto Carlos
Darren Fletcher picked Fernando Redondo
Edwin van der Sar picked a fellow Dutchman, but not a goalkeeper: “I didn’t really have a hero growing up but the player who stood out for me as I became older was Marco van Basten.”
Ben Foster, though, chose an Old Trafford goalkeeping hero: “Peter Schmeichel
Federico Macheda named Marco van Basten and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Dimitar Berbatov named a trio of heroes: Ivan Berbatov, Marco van Basten and Alan Shearer.
Ji-sung Park said: “When I was young I looked up to Dunga, the Brazilian, as well as Korean midfielder Jung-hwan Yoon”
Danny Welbeck said: “When I was younger my hero was Thierry Henry”
Michael Carrick selected Peter Beardsley, Paul Gascoigne and Ian Wright.
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