Tom Lappin: Ronaldo should listen when Sir Alex tells him there's plenty to prove

BY THE time Wednesday's Champions League final ceremonials draw to a close, it will be midnight in Moscow. Only one man in the Manchester United camp will be old enough to remember that it was a hit for Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen back in 1961.

This, though, is one match where the ambition and hunger of a grumpy sexagenarian could be more important than the peerless skills of a 23-year-old. Around about 9.30, in the still of the Manchester United dressing room, just before the final, all th...