When it comes to numbers, football’s bottom line, Denis Law’s digits outline an unbelievable goalscorer, but it is the character he brought to Old Trafford while racking up his record which colours his legend.
A United career tally of 237 goals topped only by Wayne Rooney and Sir Bobby Charlton, both of whom played hundreds more games; United’s first and Scotland’s only Ballon d’Or winner; a two-time league champion, FA Cup winner and member of the first United squad to win the European Cup; nobody in club history has neared Law’s 18 hat-tricks – as many as Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy and George Best combined.