Played in Lemerre's second-stringers against against Holland and posed a real threat to the Dutch defence.

Super-sub tag started to stick. He won France's Golden Goal winning penalty against Portugal in the semi-final.

So lo-and-behold, on he comes in the Final (for Dugarry after 57 minutes) only to score the last-gasp equaliser which set up the Golden Goal extra-time. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Technically gifted front-runner who is another Manchester United have been linked with in recent years.

More of a flair player than a front runner, he can also play as an attacking midfielder, but any chance he may have of starting under Lemerre is likely to be thwarted by the presence of Dugarry.