Man United vs. Man City: Eight players who played for both clubs - and how fans reacted

Manchester United and Manchester City are sworn rivals and with that successful mind, precise fewer players transverse the enactment by playing for some teams. 

The rivalry is excessively beardown for that, and this is wherefore the tiny fig of players who person played for some clubs basal retired truthful much. 

Ahead of Sunday's tantalising Premier League Manchester derby, Sports Mole looks backmost astatine these players and however fans reacted.

Denis Law

The precocious Denis Law is United's third-highest goalscorer of each time, scoring 237 goals successful 11 years astatine Old Trafford. However, erstwhile United fto him spell successful 1973, helium signed for City.

In April 1974, Law scored a backheel extremity against his aged club, sending United down to the 2nd division, but did not celebrate, with his look showing sadness, not joy, portion helium asked to travel disconnected consecutive aft scoring. 

It was his last-ever footwear arsenic a professional, arsenic United fans stormed the transportation successful anger, and the crippled had to beryllium stopped. 

Even so, United fans ne'er blamed Law, and galore inactive spot him arsenic 1 of their favourite ever players, due to the fact that of however upset helium looked.

Peter Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel is 1 of the champion goalkeepers United person ever had, winning a treble with the nine successful 1999, truthful it came arsenic a daze erstwhile helium signed for City successful 2002, adjacent the extremity of his career.

Many United fans saw this arsenic a betrayal, and the choler boiled implicit during the 2002 derby, erstwhile Gary Neville refused to shingle Schmeichel's manus earlier kick-off. 

Schmeichel aboriginal said the determination was conscionable astir bringing his household backmost to Manchester, not astir disrespecting United, and astir fans person forgiven him implicit time, but that handshake infinitesimal is inactive remembered.

Carlos Tevez

Carlos Tevez played connected indebtedness astatine United for 2 years and was loved by the fans, but successful 2009, helium turned down a imperishable woody and signed for City instead. 

City past enactment up a immense billboard of Tevez adjacent Manchester Piccadilly station, saying "Welcome to Manchester", and galore  saw this arsenic a nonstop insult to United.

United fans turned against Tevez quickly, and things got worse successful 2012 erstwhile Tevez held up a motion speechmaking "RIP Fergie" during City's rubric parade. 

He apologised afterwards, but besides said immoderate captious things astir Ferguson successful interviews. Because of this, galore United fans person ne'er truly forgiven him, adjacent years later.

Andy Cole

Andy Cole scored 93 goals for United and won 5 league titles, and by the clip helium joined City successful 2005, helium was 33 and adjacent the extremity of his career. 

He inactive scored 10 goals successful 23 games for City, but this determination caused small anger, due to the fact that it happened truthful agelong aft his champion years astatine United.

Andrei Kanchelskis

Kanchelskis was a fast, breathtaking winger for United successful the aboriginal 1990s that near successful 1995 aft falling retired with the club. 

He played for respective different teams earlier a short, quiescent spell astatine City successful 2001. By past his champion days were down him, truthful the determination did not origin overmuch of a absorption from either acceptable of fans.

Owen Hargreaves

Owen Hargreaves joined United successful 2007 and played a large portion successful winning the 2008 Champions League. But injuries stopped him from playing regularly. 

When his declaration ended successful 2011, helium signed for City alternatively of West Brom. However, helium hardly played for City earlier being released, and fans connected some sides felt much sympathy than anger, since injuries were the existent crushed things did not enactment out.

Brian Kidd

Brian Kidd is 1 of the fewer players respected by fans of some clubs. He came done United's academy and scored successful the 1968 European Cup last connected his 19th birthday. 

Kidd aboriginal had a spell playing for City, and aft that, helium returned to United arsenic Alex Ferguson's adjunct manager during the club's astir palmy years, earlier aboriginal managing City himself. 

Because helium is simply a Manchester-born, "football" antheral alternatively than a rival, some sets of fans spot him kindly.

Terry Cooke

Terry Cooke came done United's academy but lone played a fewer first-team games, spending clip connected indebtedness earlier settling permanently astatine City, wherever helium played 37 games and scored 8 goals. 

His vocation ne'er reached a precocious capable level to origin immoderate existent absorption from fans, making him much of a quiz question than a large story.