Sir Alex guesting in the Team Talk with Legends to aid dementia research

Nobby Stiles suffered from dementia before sadly passing away last year and fellow Old Trafford legend Sir Bobby Charlton has also been diagnosed with the illness.

“It’s littered right throughout the football spectrum,” Sir Alex told the Daily Mail recently. “Jeff Astle, Martin Peters, Ray Wilson.

“And United have had a serious blow themselves with Nobby and Bill Foulkes.

”It’s been very sad. Bobby’s not been well for a while. The gates have been opened by Nobby’s passing and Bobby’s diagnosis. They are huge figures, it has to create an awareness.