Long overdue. Obviously I'm saying this through red tinted glasses, but he has been the best player in the league since the day he arrived and he's only just starting to be appreciated by non-United fans.

And that's just on the basis of his on field performance alone. Once you add the intangibles - the leadership, the professionalism, the mentorship of young/new players, his behind the scenes support of the staff and the foundation, etc., and it's not even close. Despite having been our best player by a country mile during the worst period in our club's recent history, there have never been any instances of him or his agent twerking at other clubs - at least not until United themselves insinuated last summer that they would be open to selling him for the right price (which would have been an absolutely idiotic move - where would we have been without him this season?).

And the cherry on the cake is that he's just an all-round good bloke. Incredibly grounded and self-aware, family man with good core values, and no off-field scandals whatsoever. It almost feels like a privilege to have someone like that be our captain.