Forlan’s finale silences critics

SUPERSUB Diego Forlan is now providing Manchester United with the sweetest of dreams — for Chelsea the South American is a recurring nightmare.

For the first nine months of his Old Trafford career, Forlan was the subject of ridicule and scorn, struggling to adapt, unable to score and lampooned as the 'new' Gary Birtles.

Yet any remaining critics who doubted the wisdom of Sir Alex Ferguson snatching the £7million Uruguyan from Middlesbrough's grasp just a year ago have been well and truly silenced.