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Fourteen Reds are in with a chance of featuring at the upcoming European Championships , while Edinson Cavani and Fred could also be involved in the Copa America. There are also various friendlies scheduled, for the likes of Ivory Coast, represented by Amad and Eric Bailly. Going away and being around friends and opponents from other clubs will involve a bit of banter, according to our former full-back, but dedication to the national cause could be the best tonic in terms of coming back stronger in August.
Reds legend Denis Irwin says United can't be too disheartened by defeat When you join up with other players, you get a bit of a ribbing for it and that is just part and parcel of being a footballer. Irwin is speaking from experience as, although he claimed 18 trophies during his time with United, he was also on the losing side in several finals. Grobbelaar can do nothing, he might as well be standing next to Schmeichel at the other end of the ground. If Julian Dicks was a shotgun, blasting the deadball with ferocity and insanity, Irwin was the sniper, cool and collected, picking his spot and sweeping home with aesthetic accuracy.
Alas, for Manchester United, the choice to side with association football provided them with one of the true Premier League greats. If football changed in with the Premier League, it surely changed again by the start of the 21 st century and again by the s, the increase in foreign influences and TV money meant bargains such as Irwin became more and more difficult to find.
The force-feeding of constant football, the never-ending refresh of players and managers also means that the unassuming brilliance of those such as Irwin is left to dissipate into a pool of forgetfulness, not a glamorous enough name to warrant a mention in the modern era of Twitter experts and YouTube highlight reels.
Yet, for those who saw him week in, week out for Manchester United remember a player who was utterly dependable, excellent from set pieces, an astonishing longevity and most of all, criminally underrated. Despite testimonials being friendly matches, due to the match being between local rivals it was a physical affair.
Irwin went off injured in the 37th minute after a bad challenge by City striker George Weah. Irwin was capped by the Republic of Ireland national side 56 times, scoring four goals and featuring in the side that reached the second round last 16 at the FIFA World Cup.
Irwin is the joint most successful Irish footballer in history, a record he shares with fellow Manchester United stalwart Roy Keane, having won 19 trophies in his career. He was comfortable in either of the full back positions and an expert at free kicks and penalties, and even in his mid thirties he was still United's first choice left-back in preference to the much younger Phil Neville.
He scored a total of 22 league goals for Manchester United, including several penalties. The first of these came on 7 September in a 3—0 home win over Norwich City in the First Division. Notable goals came on 26 December , when he scored twice in a 6—3 away league win over his old club Oldham Athletic, and his late winner against Southampton in May which kept the league title race open until the very last match. Irwin is best known for his long and successful stint at Manchester United, where he established himself as one of the most important players in the United team that won a host of domestic and European trophies in his time there between and He has been regarded by Alex Ferguson as, pound for pound, his greatest ever signing.
Earlier in his career he played for Leeds United and then Oldham Athletic, and finished his career with a two-year spell at Wolverhampton Wanderers. He was capped 56 times for the Republic of Ireland between and , and scored four goals.
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