MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 11: A copy of the order of service for the funeral of late Manchester United and Scotland footballer Denis Law on February 11, 2025 in Manchester, England.

And in Scotland, he is rightly regarded as one of the greatest ever, having been part of the 1967 side that beat England at Wembley. There will never be another Lawman.

The operation, as he later said, changed his life. Law "emerged from hospital a more confident teenager" and, in 1960, was signed by Manchester City, then in 1961 by the Italian club Torino.