Mutual pride between United and Rossi

The #10YearChallenge is proving popular on social media, but I doubt the New Jersey-born striker looks much different to how he did in 2009. To me, he didn’t appear to have aged too much since being the fresh-faced teenager who arrived at the club from Parma in 2004.

There is something so satisfying about making an invitation to the 31-year-old to train here and reach peak fitness in order to find a new club. Plenty will be in the market for a predatory centre-forward with skill, technique and an uncanny ability to find the back of the net.

However, the bigger picture is it is a gesture that speaks volumes about United. It is a family club, no matter how large it has become. Giuseppe…