Michael Carrick testimonial: 5 stars from Manchester United's 2007/08 squad who won't feature

#1 Cristiano Ronaldo

United fans would have loved this

This is undoubtedly the most obvious missing piece of the puzzle when it comes to Carrick’s testimonial game. Ronaldo was a phenomenon at United and still shares a close relationship with the players he played with at Old Trafford.

Be it Sir Alex Ferguson who brought him to the club, the individuals he shared the dressing room with or the fans who stood by him through thick and thin, everyone would have loved a bit of Ronaldo back at the theatre of dreams.

“I’ve spoken to Ronaldo,” Carrick said when the details were announced, “but it’s the Champions league final the day before. Who knows?”. If not now, some sections of the United supporters will be dreaming of seeing him in the club’s colours sometime soon.