Manchester United Legends are coming back to home, once again the old football magic will be seen at Old Trafford as they take on the FC Barcelona. Andrew Cole will be the assistant manager of the team who played for United (1995-2001) during this time period he scored 93 goals. Bryan Robson will be the manager for the Man Utd legends team on match day. The big names will be seen in the line ups of Manchester United which include (Edwin van der Sar, Paul Scholes, Denis Irwin and Dwight Yorke).
Manchester United Legends Line-up | Barcelona Legends Line-up |
Edwin van der Sar (GK) | Julio Salinas |
Phil Neville | Gaizka Mendiaeta |
Denis Irwin | Éric Abidal |
Dwight Yorke | Migel Angel Nadal |
Paul Scholes | Gheorghe Popescu |
Ronny Johnsen | Ion Andoni Goikoetxea |
Jesper Blomqvist | Jose Mari Bakero (Manager) |
Louis Saha | Rest of the team squad will be announced a week before the match |
Mikaël Silvestre | |
Quinton Fortune | |
Dion Dublin | |
Andrew Cole (Assistant Manager) | |
Bryan Robson (Manager) |
Paul Scholes will surely be leading the team as skipper, he is retired from the club football career in 2013. Phil Neville and Mikaël Silvestre are the main defense for the United Legends against Barcelona legends on 2nd September. Louis Saha will play at center forward position there are more players who will join this match their names will be announced a week before the match.
Match Date : Saturday, 2nd September 2017
Stadium : Old Trafford
Kickoff-Time : 15:00 GMT
Charity Match Teams : Manchester United Legends vs Barcelona Legends
José Mari Bakero will be managing the team of Barcelona legends, football fans will welcome (Éric Abidal, Migel Angel Nadal and Julio Salinas) at Old Trafford next month in the first week. In previous years when Man United host the legends of Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in 2013 and 2015 jointly they raised (£1.8 million) for the Manchester United Foundation. The match will be broadcast on MUTV in United Kingdom.