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Liverpool were lampooned in 2001 for their trio of titles: So, can Manchester United now do their own Mickey Mouse Treble?

Even now, 16 years on, I can still see the banner hanging in the Millennium Stadium. I laughed when I saw it then and it still makes me smile now.

It was August 2001, three months after the favourite season of my professional career had ended in a blaze of trophies and a place in the Champions League, and Manchester United’s fans wanted to let Liverpool know what they thought of our unprecedented achievement.

We’d become the first English club to win both domestic cup competitions, as well as the UEFA Cup but, unsurprisingly, there was no recognition from Old Trafford.