On us buying World Class players:
Van Nistelrooy was the equivalent of us now signing Dzeko, Hargreaves is Barry, Berbatov was bought from Spurs and only his price tag really sets him apart. Ferdinand and Rooney were both young english talents, far from established names. Ronaldo was a nobody, Keane was a promising youngster at Forest, Ryan Wilson was a child who looked like he could snap at any minute, Vidic was a promising young CB in Russia, Evra was that lunatic at Monaco, Cantona was a misfit at Leeds, Robson was destined for greatness but was still only at West Brom, McGrath was a scruffy Irish kid playing for his local club in Dublin, Law was an exciting young talent in Italy, Duncan Edwards, who I'm upset at having to include in a post referencing Wayne fucking Rooney, was impressing for an England Schools XI, Bobby Charlton was playing for East Northumberland Schools and so on and so on.
Veron is literally the only example, and he was a disaster. Manchester United's tradition is to gather the promising young players (late teens, early twenties) from across the land, and latterly the world, and turn them into greats. That's who we are, big name signings, global superstars, galacticos, have never been in our DNA. We don't buy legends, we make them, and this waste of flesh and talent's ignorance of our history is only slightly less disgusting than those fans who are willing to listen to his drivel.
