Take a bow Fergie, this is best yet

THEY play football as it was meant to be played. With a swashbuckling pride, a thirst for goals and a desire to entertain.

That is why English football should put tribal loyalties aside and rejoice that Manchester United are champions of England for the 16th time. And why no-one, not even the fevered imagination of Jose Mourinho, should deny them their right to their ninth Premiership crown.

A bunch of players and coaches have been responsible for breaking the dominance bought by the billions of Roman Abramovich over the past three years.