Denis Law’s funeral was held on Tuesday as Man Utd legends paid their respect (Image: Getty/PA/Express Sport)
legends and football fans arrived en masse on Tuesday to pay their respects to the late Denis Law following his death last month.
Law died in Aberdeen, Scotland on January 17 at the age of 84 following a long battle with illness. He had revealed in 2021 that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia.
In a statement, the Scot’s children revealed he fought a ‘tough battle’ while extending their gratitude to those who cared for him in his later years.
It promised to be an emotional day for football fans everywhere – not only connected to United – as Law was laid to rest.
It was announced that his funeral would be taking place at Manchester Cathedral on Tuesday as his family, friends and football fans paid their respects to the United great.
Sir Alex Ferguson, , Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Bryan Robson were among the players to attend as guests arrived in droves at Manchester Cathedral to witness Law’s funeral.
Scotland hero Kenny Dalgish and Peter Schmeichel were also spotted arriving a little later on, while Calum Best – the son of late United warrior George Best – turned up to honour the departed Scot.
Current boss was pictured dressed in black as the Portuguese tactician joined the contingency of names associated with United.
Denis Law’s funeral was held on Tuesday as Man Utd legends paid their respect (Image: PA Wire)
The hearse carrying Denis Law’s coffin passed Old Trafford (Image: Getty)
The hearse and funeral procession passed Old Trafford at around 1.10pm, with United staff, club legends and the general public paying their final respects to the former footballer.
The funeral procession headed down Sir Matt Busby Way and briefly stoped by the Holy Trinity statue, before continuing on towards the cathedral at 1.20pm.
His coffin would later pass through the city where he became an icon for thousands of supporters.
Sir Alex Ferguson was in attendance to pay his respects to Law (Image: Getty)
Gary Neville was among the Man Utd icons to attend the funeral of Denis Law (Image: Getty)
Ruud van Nistelrooy arrived with Bryan Robson to pay his respects (Image: Getty)
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Law spent nine years at Old Trafford after signing from Torino in 1962 and went on to cement his status as a United icon. His 237 goals in 404 games put him third on United’s all-time list of record goalscorers behind Wayne Rooney and Sir Bobby Charlton.
To this day, Law is still widely recognised as of the Red Devils greatest-ever players and a star of his generation.
Scotland hero Kenny Dalglish honoured his former international team-mate (Image: Getty)
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