The transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid is not the only end of an era at Manchester United. An Educated Right Foot blogs on the passing of another era at the club:
It has for years been the axis around which Man United have flourished, but it looks like the end is nigh for the stars of [the] 1992 FA Youth Cup. David Beckham left for Real Madrid in 2003, while Nicky Butt went the other way, to Newcastle in 2004. Meanwhile, with lesser clubs interested in their aged legs, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville look set to follow this summer. That leaves Ryan Giggs, who somehow won Player of the Year this season, but whose performance in the Champions League final, more or less, made him look better suited to the Welsh team than ever, and essentially epitomised his form over the last few years: slow and wasteful. I wouldn’t expect him to play much of a role in next season’s campaign. Goodbye, then, lads. We hardly knew ye.