With just 27 points from 17 games at the start of the 1992/93 season it seemed as if United's 26-year wait for a title would go on.
However, fate intervened. Leeds rang with an offer for Denis Irwin but ended up selling Eric Cantona and Ferguson had the missing piece of the jigsaw which saw his team "inspired and transformed".
There was the defining late win at home to Sheffield Wednesday which had Ferguson and assistant Brian Kidd dancing in delight - and the first of eight titles in 11 years was the prize.
A League and Cup Double - United's first - followed in 1994 and they were now undeniably the top dogs.
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