EL CID

We have all seen the film. El Cid fights the dirty foreigners, leads a great army and starts taking his own land from the infidel. The infidel start to believe that El Charlton Heston has powers they cannot compete with. His very appearance on the battleground scares the opposition into defeat. They believe him to have godly powers. In fact even after they kill him and rejoice, the next morning he rides out in full armour (little do they know that he is dead, propped up by a plank of wood) and the rest his history. Spain reclaims its lands from the Moors.

Manchester had an El Cid, his name was Ronnie. Every time he turned up, the opposition's heads dropped. This story has a different ending though. The Spanish killed El Ronnie and now everyone knows they can take on the great Manchester United. He is never riding out in the red of Manchester United again, backed up by a plank of Gary Neville, and now everyone thinks they might just as well have a go. Mixed in with a few injuries and its game on. Ronnie was worth alot more than £80m, if thats the price you put on invincibility