By AFPMore by this AuthorLONDONEric Harrison, the former youth team coach of Manchester United's 'Class of 92', which included David Beckham and Ryan Giggs, has died aged 81, the club announced on Thursday. Harrison, who helped forge the fledgling careers of Beckham, Giggs, Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes and Gary and Phil Neville, was diagnosed with dementia four years ago. Appointed by then United manager Ron Atkinson in 1981, Harrison mentored a number of other high-profile youngsters, including Mark Hughes and Norman Whiteside. "Manchester United is extremely saddened to report our former youth coach Eric Harrison passed away on Wednesday. "We've lost our mentor, our coach and the man who made us," Gary Neville tweeted.

Source: Daily Nation February 14, 2019 11:03 UTC