Tom Henman

It’s that time of the year again, when it id decided who has been the best player of the year. The nominees for this year’s award are Bale, Vidic, Parker, Adam, Tevez and Nasri.

Barcelona V United. And the winner is…

I am of course assuming that the champions league final will be contested between these two giants of world football, but then why not, I can’t see either teams progression to the final being halted by anyone. It would make for a fitting final, the best team in Spain against the best team in England.

Most people will be thinking of bright lights of the premier league upon reading that title, and quite rightly so to be fair. Will it be Manchester United’s second half destruction of West Ham United, or Roy Hodgson getting one over on his old club and guiding his West Brom team to a victory over Liverpool, Newcastle hammering Wolves or even in the championship with Norwich battering Scunthorpe?

These younger fans voting, haven’t seen George Best at the peak of his powers, or even clips of video footage, and haven’t seen midfield masters such as Bryan Robson, and the legendary Bobby Charlton. It was those players that bought about United’s first success in Europe, then against the mighty Benfica.