A wave of nostalgia will engulf Old Trafford today when Peter Schmeichel and Eric Cantona return to lead a Rest of the World XI against Manchester United in tribute to Alex Ferguson.
It is fitting that the two players who helped Ferguson enjoy so much success in the 1990s should come back for his testimonial.
Cantona and Schmeichel will line up alongside Zinedine Zidane, George Weah, Gabriel Batistuta and Lilian Thuram.
United will field a strong side and Ryan Giggs is expected to play half a game on his comeback from his hamstring injury.
Ferguson is expected to field Giggs to help him build up his match fitness ahead of Saturday's Premiership home match with Watford.
Johnson hasn't given up on Wales
Ipswich striker David Johnson has denied a brief Welsh football affair has ended. The £5 million-rated 23-year-old withdrew from Mark Hughes' 20-man squad hours before the Swiss clash at The Racecourse on Saturday - and was replaced by Wrexham rookie Neil Roberts.
Flatly denying an 11th-hour approach from Scottish chief Craig Brown had punctured his Welsh interest he snapped: "I picked up an ankle injury in training this week, that's what stopped me playing."
Middlesbrough midfielder Paul Ince, recalled to the England side for Sunday's friendly against Belgium, is to undergo surgery for a longstanding hernia problem. He will be out of the game for at least a month.
Out-of-form French striker Nicolas Anelka yesterday assured his new club Real Madrid that he hasn't forgotten how to play football.
The troubled 20 year old assured Spanish sports daily As: "I haven't forgotten how to play, I just need time. If, since the start I'd played well and put in some good matches it would all have been too simple."
