Seven Brazilians have played for Manchester United and amassed a meagre 56 caps between them. Thirty-two belong to Kleberson, a starter in the 2002 World Cup final and the first boy from Brazil to play for United in 2003.
Almost all of them have had the distinction of United supporters airing their name, although with Kleberson it was because his name rhymed with Anderson and he was deemed inferior than him.
Even Rodrigo Possebon received the KC & The Sunshine Band treatment. Sir Alex Ferguson will have lamented the Brazilians after their rout of Scotland at the 1982 World Cup but his predilection for them shone as brightly as their shirts in his 2013 book. "Brazilians think they can play against anybody," Ferguson scribed. "I would say to
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