1) GEORGE BEST
George Best played as a winger and attacking midfielder for Manchester United. In 1968, he was named the European Footballer Of The Year and FWA Footballer Of The Year. After making his debut aged 17, he scored 179 goals from 470 appearances over 11 years, and was the club's top goalscorer in the league for five consecutive seasons. Best was one of the first celebrity footballers, earning the nickname "El Beatle" in 1966, but his subsequent extravagant lifestyle led to various problems, most notably alcoholism, which he suffered from for the rest of his life. These issues affected him on and off the field, at times causing controversy. He said of his career: "I spent a lot of money on booze, women and fast cars – the rest I just squandered". He died in 2005, age 59, due to complications from the immunosuppressive drugs he needed to take after a liver transplant in 2002. He continued drinking after the liver transplant.
2) Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Solskjaer is a Norwegian player. He played as a forward for Manchester United. He joined Manchester United in 1996 for a transfer fee of £1.5 million. Nicknamed "The Baby-faced Assassin", he played 366 times for United, and scored 126 goals during a successful period for the club. He was regarded as a "super sub" for his trait of coming off the substitute bench to score late goals. Solskjaer's defining moment in football came in injury time of the 1999 UEFA Champions League final, where he scored the winning last-minute goal against Bayern Munich, completing a remarkable comeback and winning The Treble for United. In 2007, Solskjaer announced his retirement from football after failing to recover from a serious knee injury. Now, he is a manager for Molde F.C in the Norwegian League.
3) Eric Cantona
His full name is Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona. He played as a forward for Manchester United. In Manchester United, he won four Premier League titles in five years and two League and FA Cup Doubles. He won the league championship in seven of his last eight full seasons as a professional. He wore the number 7 shirt at Manchester United with his trademark upturned collar. Cantona is affectionately nicknamed by Manchester United fans as "King Eric", and was voted as Manchester United's greatest ever player by Inside United magazine. Set against his achievements in football was a poor disciplinary record for much of his career, including a 1995 conviction for an assault on a fan which is the famous "Kung-fu Kick". He retired from football in 1997 and became an actor since then.
4. Paul Scholes
Paul Scholes played as a midfielder for Manchester United. He is the most decorated English footballer of all time, and one of the most successful footballers in history, having won a total of 25 trophies, featuring 11 Premier League titles and two Champions League titles. Scholes represented the England national team from 1997 to 2004, gaining 66 caps and participating in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, as well as the UEFA Euro 2000 and Euro 2004 tournaments. He has received praise from other managers and players, including Xavi, who called him "the best central midfielder I've seen in the last 15, 20 years". Thierry Henry has cited Scholes as the greatest player in Premier League history. Scholes made 718 appearances for United. Scholes announced his retirement from playing on 31 May 2011 and began his coaching career at the club from the 2011–12 season onward. However, he reversed this decision on 8 January 2012, and went on to play one more season before retiring again in May 2013.
5. Ryan Giggs
Lastly, Ryan Giggs. Giggs played as a left winger for Manchester United. He has a deadly left foot. He holds the club record for competitive appearances. At international level, Giggs played for the Wales National Team 64 times between 1991 and 2007, and was named as the captain of the Great Britain team that competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is one of only 18 players to have made over 1,000 career appearances. During his time at United, he won 13 Premier League winner's medals, four FA Cup winner's medals, three League Cup winner's medals, two UEFA Champions League winner's medals, a FIFA Club World Cup winners medal, an Intercontinental Cup winner's medal, a UEFA Super Cup winner's medal and nine FA Community Shield winner's medals. He was the first player in history to win two consecutive PFA Young Player Of The Year awards (1992 and 1993). He was the only player to play in each of the first 22 seasons of the Premier League, as well as the only player to score in each of the first 21 seasons. He was elected into the PFA Team of the Century in 2007, the Premier League Team of The Decade in 2003, as well as the FA Cup Team of the Century. Giggs holds the record for the most assists in Premier League history, with 271. When Moyes was sacked on 22 April 2014, after less than 10 months in the job, Giggs took over as the club's interim player-manager. Giggs was suggested by many – including Louis van Gaal – as the Dutchman's potential successor at Manchester United. However, following the appointment of Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho, Giggs announced his departure from the club on 2 July 2016.
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