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24th April 2017
12:16pm BST

"He was lightning quick! Very skilful and very technical and he was a clever defender. He was a one-man army. He was very vocal and directing everyone. I think most people who support Manchester United would say Jaap Stam is in the top three defenders who ever played for the club.
"My next player changed the fortune of Manchester United. It is, of course, the king Eric Cantona.
"Most people remember all the great goals that Eric scored, the Sunderland goal where he chips the goalkeeper and actually sticks it right in the top corner and he puts the collar up and very arrogantly looks around, basically asking everyone at the stadium 'What did you expect?'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpyJtjLoDKg
"I remember Eric for other things. In times of trouble, when it was really hard going, I remember Eric for always coming up with the goods.
"We were trailing Newcastle by 12 points in this spell and I think nine or ten times, Cantona scored the one goal that gave us the three points and eventually we went on to win the championship.
"My next player developed into possibly the best English midfielder ever.
"It doesn't matter if it's five-a-side or eleven-a-side or just head tennis, Paul Scholes is someone you want in your team. You don't want to play against him.
"Most people will remember his 40, 50, 60 yards passing across the pitch and the goals he scored. I remember, more than anything, his binding the team together.
"So we go to a Welshman - Ryan Giggs.
"How you can play for 22 seasons at that level, scoring in every single one of them, winning that number of trophies, is beyond me.
"Every defender in the world was scared of Ryan. Ryan's got to be the best Premier League player ever!"

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