Denis Law, the iconic former Manchester United striker and the only Scottish player to win the Ballon d’Or, has died at the age of 84, the club confirmed on Friday.

On "windswept touchlines" in Aberdeen in the 1950s, people began to talk with excitement about a "puny, bespectacled kid with a squint who was somehow ramming home goals for his school and boys' club teams", said Michael Grant in The Times.

Former Manchester United and Scotland forward Denis Law has died at the age of 84, the Premier League club said on Friday.

Mr. Law led Manchester United to two titles in the 1960s and was the first Scottish player to win the prestigious Ballon d’Or.

Manchester United and Scotland great Denis Law has died at the age of 84, sparking a wave of heartfelt tributes to a man known at Old Trafford as "The King". Manchester United said the club was mourning the loss of "the King of the Stretford End".

Eric Davidson, a fan who visited Law's statue in Aberdeen the day after he died, said the footballer meant a lot to people in the city. "When you're playing football at primary school, all you wanted to be was the second Denis Law," he said.

Denis Law, the former Manchester United and Scotland centre-forward, has passed away at the age of 84. Law scored 237 goals in 404 appearances during an 11-year stay at United, forming part of the ‘United Trinity’ alongside team-mates Sir Bobby Charlton and George Best.

DENIS LAW has sadly passed away at the age of 84. The iconic forward, who is Scotland’s joint-record goalscorer of all time, has died after a battle with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Born

At Manchester United Law scored 236 goals in 393 games; third behind his team-mate Sir Bobby Charlton and Wayne Rooney on the all-time scoring list, and set club records for the most goals in the FA Cup (34 goals), which still stands, and in Europe with 28 goals in 33 games.

Denis Law, the Manchester United great and Scotland international, has died. He was 84. The death of Law, who also played for Manchester City, was announced in a statement from his family that was released by United.

Manchester United legend Denis Law has died, his family confirmed in a statement on Friday. He was 84. Law is widely regarded as one of the greatest figures in the club's history, remembered for his part in an infamous "United Trinity" partnership with Sir Bobby Charlton and George Best, with the trio immortalised in a statue outside Old Trafford.

Denis Law dies aged 84; Law began his career at Huddersfield and played for Manchester City and Torino but made his name at Manchester United where he won two league titles as well as the European Cup in 1968;