No sooner had Manchester United secured the first Treble by an English club in 1999 than Dwight Yorke knocked on Sir Alex Ferguson’s door and asked for a year off. It was a joke, but Yorke had a serious point to make.
The former United striker said recently: ‘I just thought, “What else is there to do now?” What more could we possibly do as a team? Yeah, you can repeat the feat, but if you don’t repeat it you are deemed a failure.’
It has taken 24 years for another club to win the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in one season.