Man Utd’s greatest EVER XI named by artificial intelligence and Ronaldo makes it in – but there are some HUGE snubs
CRISTIANO RONALDO made it into Manchester United’s greatest XI named by ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
But the robots snubbed a few HUGE names from the all-star team.
The ChatGPT system was asked to select the best players from the club’s rich history.
And it included members of the Busby Babes, the Class of 92, 1999 Treble winners and the side that won the 2008 Champions League.
But there was NO place for anyone in the current Old Trafford squad.
Unsurprisingly, Peter Schmeichel gets the gloves from the AI machine as one of the world’s best goalkeepers, let alone just for United.
The Great Dane capped eight incredible years with the Treble, captaining the side on that famous night in Barcelona.
Gary Neville takes the right-back slot after making all 602 club career appearances for the Red Devils.
The academy star won 17 major honours with United including eight Premier Leagues.
The centre-back pairing is a familiar one with Nemanja Vidic partnering Rio Ferdinand.
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Two colossal defenders, they enjoyed so much success together and formed the bedrock of the 2008 Champions League-winning side.
Completing the back four is Denis Irwin.
The Irish left-back spent 12 trophy-laded seasons at Old Trafford and his spell in the team coincided with arguably the greatest era in the club’s history.
Roy Keane takes his place in the middle of the park.
The influential captain led the team to so many successes and always demanded so much from his team-mates – but had all the attributes to run the show in midfield.
He plays alongside Paul Scholes in the XI – dubbed by many as the greatest technical player to have graced the Old Trafford turf.
Scholes’ vision and passing ability made him a delight to play alongside and he is one of the few to win the Champions League in 1999 and 2008.
The attacking quartet ChatGPT threw up is seriously impressive.
Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo developed into one of the best players in the world during his first spell at United before returning for an emotional but ultimately unsuccessful comeback which ended with his axing in November.
On the other flank is none other than George Best, the Northern Irish sensation who lit up Old Trafford from 1963 to 1974 with his outrageous ability and huge personality.
He won the heroic 1968 European Cup, scoring the winner in extra-time, and will forever be regarded as a United legend.
Another United legend is the one and only Bobby Charlton, who captained the side and scored twice in that 4-1 win over Benfica at Wembley.
The 1966 World Cup and Ballon d’Or winner was United’s record goalscorer on 249 for more than 40 years until he was surpassed by Wayne Rooney.
Lastly on the team sheet is Eric Cantona, the maverick French forward with supreme talent and a winning mentality to match.
Joining from Leeds in 1992 took plenty of nerve and Sir Alex Ferguson knew he had to manage Cantona carefully to get the best out of him, and get the best out of him he did as the forward fired the club to four league titles.
However, the star-studded XI does not have space for a fair share of Red Devils legends.
Record-scorer Rooney, David Beckham, Bryan Robson and Ryan Giggs all miss out, as do Duncan Edwards, who many thought would have been United’s greatest ever player if it hadn’t been for the 1958 Munich Air Disaster, Denis Law, Billy Foulkes and Jaap Stam.
Of the present-day crop, David De Gea and Marcus Rashford probably have the strongest argument to be involved but have a long way to go to replicate what the AI XI achieved for the club.