Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says he only worked with four world class players during his 26 years at the club, and David Beckham and Wayne Rooney are not among them.
Ferguson, who won two Champions League and 13 Premier League titles at the club considers midfielder Paul Scholes and attacking trio of Eric Cantona, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs as his best players.
"They made the difference and the evidence is there," he told BBC.
Ferguson also described Cantona as 'the catalyst' and said that it was the Frenchman's presence in his first year that won him the league.
"The younger breed like Ryan and Scholes were just fantastic players and the thing about those two was longevity. Are there players who have played right through the whole of the Premier League and performed at the level they have? There are none, absolutely none.
"Of course Ronaldo was just a complete genius of a player."
Rooney, Beckham, Roy Keane, Carlos Tevez, Rio Ferdinand and Peter Schmeichel were all 'great players' but not world class - the legendary manager reckoned.
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