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Man United supporters pay tribute to Denis Law outside Old Trafford - as fans lay scarves and flowers by his statue after his death aged 84

Manchester United fans have paid tribute to Denis Law by laying scarves and flowers by his statue outside Old Trafford.

Law, who revealed in August 2021 that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and vascular dementia, is one of the United Trinity immortalised in a statue at Old Trafford alongside George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton. To fans, he was simply known as The King.

A statement from the Law family on Friday night read: 'It is with a heavy heart that we tell you our father Denis Law has sadly passed away.