Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has revealed that many of his players were staggered to learn Henrik Larsson would be joining them in January.
Amid all the big names linked with United over the past few months, nobody predicted Larsson would be recruited to aid the pursuit of glory at home and abroad.
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