straight to your inboxThe footage might be archived in that sprawling warehouse with the Lost Ark but Sir Alex Ferguson was filmed handing Karim Benzema a Manchester United shirt in 2008.Benzema was 20 when he controlled, turned and lashed the ball past Edwin van der Sar, having Tangoed away from Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand.
Had United not secured an away goal through Carlos Tevez Ferguson might not have been so brazen in making a beeline for Benzema in front of his friend Gerard Houllier at Lyon.Ferguson's approach would have gone viral had smartphones and apps been more prevalent.
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