“What I remember the most about that first season was we always do a lap of honour, if you like, to say 'thank you and goodbye, see you next season'. I was very, very afraid of that.

“We were in seventh position in the league, a position Manchester United should never be in. I was like I'm going to wave and they're going to boo us and insult us, like they should feel. I come from Spain and know things turn difficult when a team is not performing.