Manchester United's best ever XI ... The team in full 👀 | OneFootball

With the football on hold at the moment, we’ve been thinking about who gets in Manchester United’s all-time XI.

We are now proud to reveal the team in full …

Goalkeeper – Peter Schmeichel

Schmeichel isn’t just United’s greatest ever goalkeeper, but one of the greatest goalkeepers the world has ever seen.

The Great Dane joined the club from Brøndby in 1991 for £505,000 – a transfer Sir Alex Ferguson would later describe as the “bargain of the century”.

He went on to help the club to three Premier League titles, three FA Cups, one League Cup, and the UEFA Champions League before leaving on the greatest of highs immediately following the 1999 Treble season.

Right-back – Gary Neville

Easily United’s finest right-back of the Premier League era, Neville was one of the club’s fabled Class of ’92 and made over 600 first-team appearances before hanging up his boots in 2011.

His time at the club yielded an incredible 20 major honours, including eight Premier League titles and two Champions Leagues.

Left-back – Denis Irwin

The £650,000 Sir Alex Ferguson spent on signing Irwin from Oldham in 1990 remains one of the finest pieces of business in United’s history.

A consistently excellent full-back who took brilliant penalties AND free-kicks, the Irishman sits just behind Tony Dunne on the club’s list of all-time appearances and his 12 glorious seasons at Old Trafford saw him win seven Premier League titles, three FA Cup winners’ medals and the Champions League.

Centre-back – Gary Pallister

The England international was named PFA Player of the Year in 1992 before going on to win a whopping nine major honours in almost 10 years at the club.

He scored some heavy goals for United over the years too, including two against Liverpool in a title decider at Anfield in 1997.

They would prove to be his final two goals for the club before his departure in 1998. Some parting gift.

Centre-back – Rio Ferdinand

The fact United paid close to £30m to sign Ferdinand from Leeds in 2003 – a world record fee for a defender which wasn’t topped until many years later – tells you all you need to know about the player they were getting.

And if anything, the England defender kept getting better and better over his 12 years at Old Trafford, during which time he won six Premier League titles, two League Cups and the Champions League.

Midfield – Bobby Charlton

Charlton began his career at Old Trafford and went on to make 758 appearances over 17 years, putting him second on the all-time list.

A box-to-box midfielder with a fierce shot, he was one of the survivors of the 1958 Munich air disaster.

It took great courage to recover from that tragedy and he would go on to win three league titles, the FA Cup and the European Cup with United.

Charlton is not just one of United’s best ever but one of the finest footballers of all-time and in 1966 – the year he lifted the World Cup with England – he also won the Ballon d’Or.

Midfield – George Best

The Northern Irishman made his United debut aged 17 and went on to score 179 goals in 11 seasons, winning two league titles and the European Cup along the way.

He was quick, he was skilful, he could score and he was drop dead gorgeous. Georgey had the lot.

Midfield – Ryan Giggs

He was a winger in his prime who moved into a deeper midfield position later in his career and the fact Giggs holds United’s all-time appearance record with 963 is plenty enough reason for him to be in this team.

His astonishing medal collection includes 13 Premier League titles, two Champions Leagues and five FA Cups.

As a winger Giggs was all about speed, stamina, dribbling and finishing, with his famous goal against Arsenal in the 1999 FA Cup semi-final being the epitome of his talent.

But his intelligence and commitment to fitness was what enabled him to keep playing at a very high level into his 40s

Forward – Wayne Rooney

Rooney was the hottest prospect in English football when United bought him from Everton as a teenager in 2004.

A hat-trick on his debut set the tone and for the next 13 years, it was nothing but net for the Liverpudlian as he went on to become the club’s all-time leading goalscorer with 253 goals in 559 games.

Those goals helped United to five Premier League titles, three League Cups, one FA Cup, the Champions League and the Europa League.

And one goal in particular has gone down as one of the greatest in Premier League history …

Forward – Eric Cantona

Signed from Leeds in 1992, the Frenchman was the catalyst for United’s glorious run of silverware in the early 90s and will be remembered as one of the most iconic players in the club’s history.

He scored 81 goals and assisted 61 others in 179 games, winning three Premier League titles and two FA Cups along the way.

But Cantona entertained and enthralled Old Trafford with his flair and panache, and even his kung-fu kick on a Crystal Palace supporter – which saw him receive 120 hours community service and an eight month ban from football – is remembered fondly.

Forward – Cristiano Ronaldo

Sir Alex Ferguson brought Ronaldo to United from Sporting Lisbon for a bargain £12.24m in 2003 and he was immediately bestowed the great honour of wearing the club’s hallowed number 7 shirt.

In 2007 he finished second behind Kaká in the running for the Ballon d’Or but the following year, his 31 league goals earned him the Premier League Golden Boot, the European Golden Shoe and the PFA Player of the Year award.

Ronaldo eventually left in a world record transfer to Real Madrid in 2009 having scored 118 times in 292 games for United – goals which helped the club to seven major honours.

And this was probably the pick of the bunch …

Not a bad team eh?