i do feel sorry for him, even though he played for scum, he was a very very good player, just incredibly unlucky to get all his injuries
I saw him have 1 or 2 games for england where he wasn't our worst player but overall I find it very hard to accept that he was "very very good" and certainly not the best in the world in his position!! I'm not a Man Utd fan so I don't watch them play (unless it's against us - did he ever play against us?), so cannot comment on how well he played for them - In fact his appearances were so sporadic I don't think anyone can say how good he has or hasn't been for the last 4 or 5 years. And before that, he played for Bayern - we'd need some bayern fans to tell us really how good he was I suppose.