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Best, Law and Charlton together scored 665 goals in 1,636 games for the club. And each won the Ballon d'Or between 1964-68 — with Cristiano Ronaldo in 2008 the only United player to do it since.

Pic: AP The only Scottish player to have won the Ballon d'Or award, in 1964, he was also part of United's triumphant campaign in the 1968 European Cup - in which they became the first English club ...