As someone who was born & raised a Man U supporter (season ticket & everything up till 89) Ray Wilkins was the first player who ever stood out to me as a kid as being head & shoulders above everyone else on the pitch – and that was at a time when United had Bryan Robson and the under-rated (& often forgotten) Remi Moses in midfield too.
He was absolute class and a player who would probably have played for far longer at far bigger clubs than he did had he been playing today when English football has come more in line with the continental style – It’s no coincidence that he’s thought of so fondly at AC Milan