Man United take on FC Copenhagen in the Champions League on Tuesday evening and will be paying tribute to Sir Bobby Charlton at Old Trafford.
There's a scene in Martin Scorsese's reflective gangster epic The Irishman where Joe Pesci places a ring on Robert de Niro's finger and emphasises its momentousness: "Only three people in the world have one of these.
" Only three people in the world have captained Manchester United to victory in a European Cup final. Sir Bobby Charlton was the first and Rio Ferdinand the last. On that sodden evening in Moscow in 2008, it was impossible not to dwell on the wreckage in the slushy snow of Munich that Charlton was pulled out from 50 years earlier as he led United up the Luzhinki Stadium steps. Read the full interview here.
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