
It’s often mentioned that at the turn of the century, part of Manchester United’s dominance was thanks to their rotation of four strikers, but in 2002 they added a fifth.
A quartet of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was surely enough firepower for any side, right? Wrong, in that January window, the Red Devils moved to sign a promising young Uruguayan striker by the name of Diego Forlan.