Given Cunha’s arrival, plus that of young Paraguayan prospect Diego Leon, the magazine takes the opportunity to celebrate this club’s overseas players down the years, those who have travelled from beyond the home environs of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland to make Manchester their footballing home.
Over the course of a 21-page long read, the story of overseas migration to M16 is told, with the deeds of individuals such as Eric Cantona, Peter Schmeichel, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Cristiano Ronaldo featuring prominently.
The aforementioned feature includes a detailed map placing each United overseas import in their country of origin. Among the seven players listed under the flag of Spain on that map is Juan Mata – and Juan has a feature of his own in the magazine, speaking about the exhibition he has co-curated at the Aviva Studios as part of the Manchester International Festival.
Juan is not the only hugely popular former United midfielder included in the issue, either… step forward Sir David Beckham, who is the subject of the mag’s ‘By Numbers’ treatment in salute of his recent knighthood.