Manchester United greats gather to pay their final respects to Denis Law Sir Alex Ferguson led the tributes to Denis Law as football greats paid their final respects to “the King” in Manchester on Tuesday.
Ferguson was one of many United stars past and present at Tuesday’s funeral and paid a heartfelt tribute during the service inside Manchester Cathedral.
“Denis Law was one of the greatest players at Man United,” he said.
Part of the Holy Trinity with Sir Bobby [Charlton] and George [Best] at a club that has nourished many greats and stars as far back as Sir Matt Busby’s days, who cemented our history as we know it today.
The hearse made its way into the city centre from Old Trafford, where hundreds of fans congregated as the funeral cortege passed a ground where Law’s success saw him immortalised in two statues.
