Revealed: Sir Alex Ferguson's 'emotional nursing home visits' to Denis Law weeks before Man United legend's death
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Sir Alex Ferguson reportedly visited Denis Law up to three times a week in his nursing home, prior to his friend's passing at 84 years old on Friday. The legendary boss will be in attendance for Sunday's game at Old Trafford, where Manchester United face Brighton, to see the tributes paid to the striker, which will culminate in a minute’s applause.
![[The Manchester United legend (pictured) sadly passed away at the age of 84 on Friday night]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/19/07/94223767-0-Manchester_United_legend_Denis_Law_pictured_has_passed_away_at_t-a-1_1737272300010.jpg)
Ferguson, 83, made frequent trips to see his fellow Scot in the Cheshire-based home, a short journey from his £1.2million house in Goostrey, Cheshire East, according to The Sun. On Friday night, Law's family announced his death, which came after a hard-fought, three-year battle with dementia.
![[Law, posing alongside Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Bobby Charlton, formed the United Trinity with Charlton and George Best, and the trio have a statue to honour them outside Old Trafford]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/19/07/94225019-0-Law_posing_alongside_Sir_Alex_Ferguson_and_Sir_Bobby_Charlton_fo-a-2_1737272302499.jpg)
Law, who revealed in August 2021 that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and vascular dementia, is one of the United Trinity immortalised in a statue at Old Trafford alongside George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton. To fans, he was simply known as The King.
![[Law is United's third-highest goalscorer of all-time behind Wayne Rooney and Charlton]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/19/07/94223765-0-Law_is_United_s_third_highest_goalscorer_of_all_time_behind_Wayn-a-6_1737273036133.jpg)
In the past, Ferguson revealed that he idolised Law as a player, once reminiscing on the time they first met. Sir Alex Ferguson visited Denis Law in his care home up to three times a week before his death. The Manchester United legend (pictured) sadly passed away at the age of 84 on Friday night.
![[Law represented Scotland at the 1974 World Cup and is the nation's joint-top goalscorer]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/19/07/94252055-0-Law_represented_Scotland_at_the_1974_World_Cup_and_is_the_nation-a-7_1737273120425.jpg)
Law, posing alongside Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Bobby Charlton, formed the United Trinity with Charlton and George Best, and the trio have a statue to honour them outside Old Trafford. 'Denis Law was my hero as a player, I idolised him,' he said. 'When I first met him, I was so excited. It was at a game in Paris, where he had played in the first half and we went for a cup of tea afterwards.
![[A statue dedicated to Law, in the heart of Aberdeen, where he was born on February 24 1940]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/19/07/94240439-0-Denis_Law_s_statue_takes_pride_of_place_in_the_heart_of_Aberdeen-a-8_1737273130395.jpg)
