The Manchester United team on Wayne Rooney's debut: Where are they now?

Midfielders (part I of II)

Right Wing – David Bellion

Then: David Bellion arrived at United a year prior to Rooney after spells at Cannes and Sunderland and spent two years with the Red Devils before being farmed out on loan to West Ham United and Nice. He was then sold off to the latter club but there was a mid-career jumpstart when Bordeaux signed him and he had seven long years there. He later retired at French third-tier side Red Star FC. Oh and scored the sixth goal in that Rooney debut match!

Now: He was last reported to have been working for an art gallery – “I work for Ymer & Malta, a little gallery in Paris, and I collect works of art. I have two paintings of theirs. The woman who set it up offered me the chance to represent them, and I said yes straightaway. Living in Paris enables me to do this” - said he

Quirky Fact: Due to his undisputed pace on the ball, the Frenchman used to be known as “ the new Thierry Henry”

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Centre-midfield – Eric Djemba-Djemba

Then: So good they named him twice? He joined United in the same year as Bellion after just one two-year stint at Nantes. He spent 2 years at United, appearing 20 times in the red shirt before moving on to *takes deep breath* Aston Villa, Burnley, Qatar SC, Odense Boldklub (in Denmark, if you were wondering), Hapoel Tel Aviv, FK Partizan Belgrade, St. Mirren, Chennaiyin, Persebaya Surabaya (in the Indonesian SECOND division) and Voltigeurs de Châteaubriant (French FOURTH division)

Now: The Cameroonian, who made 34 appearances for the Indomitable Lions, currently plies his trade with Swiss FIFTH division side FC Vallorbe-Ballaigues.

Quirky Fact: For those who haven’t seen him play, the man was essentially Eric Bailly and Marcos Rojo rolled into one: aggression-wise. Arsene Wenger once called a challenge he made on Sol Campbell in his first appearance in England... “obscene”.