Thing is, he more or less implies we recently invented parades and statues to glorify AD. Over a million people turned out in Manchester over 100 years ago to see City parade the FA Cup, not all were City fans but wanted to see the actual trophy in the flesh, so to speak. And just because Utd fans can't be bothered travelling up from London mid week, doesn't mean we shouldn't. Also .... statues ... that's just a ridiculous statement.
And as for celebrating Rods Balon D'or, it's the first time in a long time that a player representing the so called best league in the world has picked up the award (let alone all the other justifications ). If he doesn't appreciate the significance of that, then football isn't for him, but then we knew that a few years ago.
We asked AI what teams have statues….
1**Arsenal**: Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Tony Adams, and Herbert Chapman.
2. **Chelsea**: Peter Osgood and Gianfranco Zola.
3. **Everton**: Dixie Dean and the Everton Trinity (Colin Harvey, Howard Kendall, Alan Ball).
4. **Leeds United**: Billy Bremner and Don Revie.
5. **Manchester City**: Colin Bell, Francis Lee, Mike Summerbee,
6. **Manchester United**: Sir Matt Busby, Sir Alex Ferguson, George Best, Denis Law, and Bobby Charlton.
7. **Stoke City**: Stanley Matthews.
I’m sure there’s more missing, World Cup west ham players, Dippers not included..