The left-back was only seven when Sir Alex Ferguson's side defeated Chelsea in all-English final, in Moscow, back in 2008.
He admits it was a struggle to obtain permission to stay up so late, particularly when the game went all the way to a penalty shoot-out, but remembers it fondly.
“In 2008, I remember being at home [for the final] and my nana was telling me to go to bed but I was like: ‘I need to watch the penalties’ and, obviously, we all know what happened.
”My mum and dad went out to watch the game but my nana was babysitting me.