He was the One player Sir Alex Ferguson Feared 

Truly underrated player, the fact England stopped picking him while he was at Madrid was madness

Broke my heart when and how Macca left.

Here here underated to the max absolutely brilliant player never ever gave up🏆

Macca was also an icon at Real Madrid, despite mostly coming off the bench. Just insane workrate, passion, attitude, mental strength and just had that intangible “it” that the Bernabeu loved. Grande Macca!

Strange that you don't hear this man talked up often. I think this is the first video I've seen about McManaman. Severely underrated and is still seen as a Real Madrid legend to this day. Baller.

People forget about Macca. In the 90's he was a superstar in the league. So technically gifted for an English player. It's bizarre that he went to Real Madrid of all teams and won two champions leagues and it's not really talked about. Everyone just assumes he went there and sat on the bench for years but he was a star there. The fans still love him to this day. When Roy Evans was playing his 5 3 2 formation with Macca as the 10 he was amazing. As a Liverpool fan whenever he got the ball you just knew he was going to go past a pack of players. I always have a big what if with Liverpool back then. So many home grown stars and young players with potential signed. I always think what if in 2000 we have a healthy Rob Jones, Jamie Rednkapp, Owen and Fowler. Four careers that could have been drastically different had it not been for injuries. And Macca never leaves and Gerrard shows up. And throw Carra in there too why not 🤣

Macca was a GREAT player on his day ... but he was also capable of disappearing for multiple games at a time. And that was Liverpool's greatest enemy in the 90s ... consistency. There were a couple of seasons during the mid 1990's where Liverpool had the best team in the league, but that means nothing if you don't turn up for one out of every three games. Liverpool players just couldn't seem to focus on the big prize on the horizon. United could do that. Win game after game, pile on the points, keep their eye and mind on the long haul ... but all the Liverpol players, INCLUDING Macca, just didn't have that discipline. They would win a huge fixture and have all the newspapers praise them ... then 7 days later a ragged Wimbledon side would beat them 1-0 ... and players like Macca would look uninterested. It was a very frustrating era.

It's crazy how relatively forgotten he is, one of the most accomplished careers in English football

Steve Mcmanman is the best

Superb player that astonishingly never gets the attention he deserves like alot of players from his era.

Macca was my favourite player at the time!

It's disappointing that you didn't mention one of the greatest man marking performances possibly of all time in Roy Keane's MOTM display against Mcmanaman in the FA cup final of 1996. The previous year saw Sir Alex Ferguson express anger with Paul Ince's performance at marking Mcmanaman and when the two teams met in the FA cup final Eric Cantona persuaded Sir Alex Ferguson to stick Keane on Mcmanaman. Keane stopped Liverpool's attacks virtually on his own and never let Mcmanaman have a moment to breathe. It's a compliment to both players that their battle went a long way to deciding the game.

SM and Gascoigne were superb in 1996

The fact ppl actually thought Beckham was better than macca is fkin mental this lad could do anything if he was Brazilian the world would go mental

one of my favorite players at Real back then

Remember those flying goals he scored for RM, legendary - one of the best players in Europe at the time.

Subbed just for the love ya put into this. Well done lad ❤

He'd be a much better fit in todays game which is much less focused on crossing, and more about space and close passing. Pep would love him.

My favourite player

He was underated no one speaks about him

I was always Macca in the playground. What a player!

He was the first Liverpool player I loved. Boss player him.

Great player

I saw McManaman countless times for Liverpool back in the 1990s. He was a joy to watch along with Robbie Fowler. Sadly, as usual many England managers were not interested in talented players. Shame Terry Venables didn't stay on until 1998.

My favourite player he was amazing

Fabulous player for us, and without question our player of the decade (sorry God). I'd also put Macca in our Premier League era best XI.

From the man himself, the player that Ferguson feared the most was Raúl. And he didn’t even played in the PL 😅

I would have thought that the player was Robbie Fowler. He was an absolute goal machine.

My favorite player after Fowler 🤟

I often wondered how England would’ve done at WC 2002 and Euro 2004 if Sven had selected him for those squads?

He was so good he went from LFC to Real Madrid, you’ve got to be good to get on that bus!

just want to say something no ones picked up on here = he's so underrated and his combination with fowler was lethal

He's a gr8 player giggs

9:43 best goal he ever scored

Well , he was a brilliant player !!

When I was a kid at school the footballing debates were about who was better; Giggs or McManaman

Watching him back then, he reminded me so much of Beardsley, whom Souness had let go from Liverpool. I can only imagine how much more Macca would have grown having Beardsley in the same side. Letting some of Dalglish's players leave, I feel to stamp his own print on Liverpool, cost Souness, and young lads like Macca that came through.

As a liverpool fan i was pretty bitter when he left us for free. I always felt not getting a proper fee for Owen and no money for Macca set us back as were were not able to replace either of them with players of a similar level of quality. It hurt as a fan because at the time it told me they did not respect the club or the fans who had put them where they were, only their own personal careers/achievements. I still believe this. However watching this made me remember what a player he could be on his day and why i was so gutted when he chose to pursue his career at a bigger club leaving us to 20 years of mediocrity.

Shaggy was a brilliant player, unfortunately in poor Liverpool sides in his time in a red shirt. I think many reds forget how good he actually was.

*Where is macca currently...?! D unstoppable winger in his era. One of best winger in 90's...*

When you say he was known to be something of a practical joker, I presume you mean Hoddle for not selecting him.

he was liverpool's zidane at that time.

Should be talked about in the same way Gareth Bale is now.

Forgotten for a good reason

Mc manaman was world class

Absolutely agree …..Macca was a world great at Madrid ….

David Hirst too.

Criminally underrated player. Remeber euro 96 where he was untouchable and whilst at Real for some bizarre reason the English press didn’t take him seriously like he wasn’t as good as the other Gallacticos yet when the likes of Zidan and R9 Ronaldo etc are asked about him they consider him integral to that team

Zola was the player Fergie feared. He’s said so himself.

always luv him at Liverpool .... I got no issues with him moving to Madrid .... we are shit under Souness and Evans

Underrated, Understated, Under-utilised

Should’ve had many more caps for England.. I’m a Utd fan but have respect for the individual Liverpool players.. Unfortunately Eriksen was hell bent on making Scholes, Gerard, Beckham and Lampard work in a 4-4-2..

Totally underrated scored a class goal against Celtic

If Shaggy could shoot, I mean really shoot, he would’ve been the best player in the world.

I totally forget all about macca when remembering the past greats . Was he one of the first Englishmen to play for real Madrid ?

Sorry grahan1979. Do you know where he ended up?

Slippy G

Macca reminds me of many dribblers. He was a great player, but he had some stinkers. Dribblers who don't play themselves into the game, by passing the ball and getting the touch right. Macca used to dribble straight away and often lose it and then confidence goes and the more you try, the more it goes wrong. On his day a brilliant player.

Hes like tall coutinho

I love Macca The Nicole Kidman of football

macca had more skills than giggs but gigs had more athleticism and some skills combined making them both amazing players

England has always had terrible habit of ignoring their best English player for the national team. Glenn Hoddle, Matt Le Tisser, and Steve McManaman.

Throughout his time at Liverpool, I actually thought he was fairly overrated tbh. A decent dribbler of the ball, but that's all I saw in him. It was when he left Liverpool and joined Real Madrid that I saw a different side to his game.

The player Ferguson feared . . . .. Zola.

Does anybody in Liverpool grow up a Liverpool supporter?

macmanan better then de jong frenkie, steven always went forward making the match so amazing!

PAYED? is that a new word? I always thought is was PAID.

read practical joker as coke head and this could be your best video yet

1:45 crazy that wasn't a penalty haha

Tactical masterclass in cup final was swap the flanks the winger is on because he suffered lol

If you saw Mcmananan’s performances for England post 96 you’d understand why he didn’t get much of a look in. He was abysmal

He played with R9.....

He was better than giggs before giggs ..

Did he score in a champions league final against valencia for real before ?

Just a poor mans Jack Grealish

R9 was the player

Goals aren’t his job. He wasn’t the striker.

He waighed under 60 kg. Could run like a kenyan. Sub 30 min for 6 miles is the rumours...

Ryan Giggs scored way more

Vivid memory of watching Liverpool v Celtic in the UEFA cup 1997 at Celtic park. Celtic 2-1 up near the end. McManaman got the ball in his own half anf I distinctly remember thinking “uh-oh”… he only dribbled to the end and scored 😆 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jzZ0k8fZZTg.htmlsi=TmQDpWugHnRx6kBn - fast forward to 1:48:00 if you haven’t seen it.

Pacey is not an attribute I'd use to describe Mcmanaman to be fair.

Yeah I'm sure he didn't fear messi

Macca woulr.cost 1 billion in modern football

He was better than Giggs.

Roy Evans wasn't Welsh

Definitely wasn't underrated

Good dribbler but easy to deal with as seen in Liverpool European games where players had a bit more IQ.Liverpool was always the same.Pass sideways a lot,give it to barnes because he’s a “genius”he would pass it to stevie mac who would then try to dibble past everyone.No problem him beating people as long as you decided in which areas,you could always encourage him to beat you in a place that would run him up a blind alley where he could be dealt with.A dribble is only as good as the pass or shot at the end of it.Distinctly average at best for both.

Criminally left out of 2002 World Cup England squad after a great season with Real Madrid.....Macca doesn't get his fair dues

Unknown to many people nowadays simply for the facts: -He had shaggy red hair -he was skinny -He wasn't considered goodlooking -he was well behaved -he didn't play for Man Utd

I’m pretty sure SAF feared Thierry Henry as well.

Cracking player but somewhat inconsistent. Steve McManaman is a prime example of why you don't build a team around one player if you want to be seriously successful at the top level.

Payed…

"...after being dumped out by Bristol." Show some respect. Would you say after being dumped out by Manchester? After being dumped out by Sheffield?

I mean im a liverpool fan all my life but he wasnt Ginola good.

Really?….. him? Ok he was a decent player, but he was hardly a world beater.

Fergie feared many players, quotes from interviews over the years he would man mark certain players. Young Shearer, Cole, Bergkamp, Zola, Owen, Henry, Messi come to mind. Green army!!!!

And now i fear listening to the shite he talks on tnt sports.

Absolutely ridiculous!! All Ferguson did was make his players be aware of a speedy winger! Not ever in his books did Ferguson ever talk about Steve mcManaman! What someone utters in 5 seconds in a team talk is not enough to make a RU-vid video about

Ferguson wasn't scared of him utter bullshit😅😅😅

*paid