Overview

• He recalls regular 5v5 matches on the PlayStation Portable during flights and bus rides.
• Named teammates included Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, John O’Shea and Wes Brown in the traveling squads.
• The game’s demands—constant callouts, flanking and reviving—reinforced habits he believes carried onto the pitch.
• Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar disliked the noise from the sessions and would move seats to avoid it.
• The account mirrors prior recollections from Rio Ferdinand and Ben Foster and is being covered as a nostalgic insight into United’s unity under Sir Alex Ferguson.