{"id":295703,"date":"2023-11-20T01:24:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T01:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=295703"},"modified":"2023-11-20T01:24:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T01:24:53","slug":"manchester-united-legend-looks-almost-unrecognisable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/manchester-united-legend-looks-almost-unrecognisable\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United legend looks almost unrecognisable"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Manchester United legend looks almost unrecognisable as he joins fellow former Red Devils for match against World XI side<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A team of Manchester United legends took on former pros from across the world<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fans took a double take when one United player posted a photo after the game\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Southgate&#8217;s loyalty to his players is an issue and a weakness &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A team of Manchester United legends took on a team of former players from across the world last week and fans were surprised by the change in appearance of one player in particular.<\/p>\n<p>Antonio Valencia took to Instagram to share a photo of himself with Juan Sebastian Veron after the game.<\/p>\n<p>And the former United winger looked almost unrecognisable from his time at Old Trafford.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Valencia signed for the Red Devils and went on to score 25 goals in 339 appearances over 10 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>During that time he won two Premier League titles, an FA Cup and a Europa League.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/01\/78004693-0-image-m-7_1700442041650.jpg\" height=\"781\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old retired in 2021 but was back in a United shirt for the legends game in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>The match was part of the Legends Football League, an all-new tournament which featured some of the greats of the game.<\/p>\n<p>He was joined by the likes of Dimitar Berbatov, Mikael Silvestre, Ryan Giggs and Wes Brown as they took on a team that included Rivaldo and Clarence Seedorf.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12769151\/Manchester-United-legend-looks-unrecognisable-joins-fellow-former-Red-Devils-match-against-World-XI-side.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Manchester United legend looks almost unrecognisable as he joins fellow former Red Devils for match against World XI side A team of Manchester United legends <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/manchester-united-legend-looks-almost-unrecognisable\/\" title=\"Manchester United legend looks almost unrecognisable\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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