Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will be hoping to join an elite group of players to have represented the Red Devils and won the World Cup when the tournament gets underway in Brazil. As many as six current United stars could represent England at this summer's tournament with Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Danny Welbeck and Rooney named in Roy Hodgson's provisional 23-man squad, with Michael Carrick and Tom Cleverley on standby. Meanwhile, Shinji Kagawa, Juan Mata, Javier Hernandez, Robin van Persie and Luis Nani will each represent Japan, Spain, Mexico, Holland and Portugal, respectively, at the finals. And they too will be hoping to join Rooney in lifting the World Cup having also represented United, for in the 81 years since the first final, only five players in the history of the club have achieved this feat. That is an incredible statistic when you consider United have both bought and churned out global stars over the years, such as Eric Cantona, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy. And with the World Cup just 20 days away, we thought we'd celebrate those five United stars to have achieved this rare accomplishment. Before clicking 'Next', can you guess who they are? Let us know in the comment section if you got them all.
Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.
