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The 'Red Idols' features included some famous names from yesteryear, but my personal choice was Jesper Olsen.

I tried to explain why the Danish winger was such a big deal back in the day when Ron Atkinson was manager, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men prepare to face opponents from Jesper's homeland in FC Copenhagen on Monday.

The signing of Jesper Olsen at Manchester United in 1984 was just about as exotic a deal as I had ever known at the time.

The Dane was being dubbed ‘the new George Best’ and, even if that seemed to be the case with every winger getting into the Reds’ first team, there was no disputing his pedigree.