Ben Thornley was in the Nou Camp on May 26, 1999. He should have been on the pitch. He should have been among those lifting the Champions League trophy, the final part of Manchester United's remarkable Treble. But while his peers, friends and a group of players who at one time he was regarded as better than celebrated their own glory, Thornley was in the stands.
Of the "Class of '92," the extraordinary generation that formed the core of Manchester United's great side of the 1990s and early 2000s, opinions varied as to who was the best. Ryan Giggs was the first to break through and became the first superstar.