Manchester United's Treble Winners of 1998-99: Where are they now?

Manchester United’s treble-winning season of 1998/99 will always remain afresh in the minds of their fans. Considering that the team aren’t really experiencing their glory days at the moment, it always gives great pleasure thinking about the heydays of the club.  Continuing on that line of thought, let’s take yet another trip down the memory lane and look at the 1999 treble-winning squad of Manchester United. Those were the days of United’s supremacy in Europe and how good does it feel even today to see Solskjaer score the winner? Well, let us take a look at how what the members of that illustrious team are doing now.

#1 Peter Schmeichel

Quite possibly the greatest goalkeeper to have played for Manchester United, Schmeichel had an amazing career with them. Bought for a paltry £505,000, his transfer was described as ‘Bargain of the Century’ by Sir Alex Ferguson.

He made the all-important save in the FA Cup semi-finals from a Dennis Bergkamp penalty minutes from the final whistle and helped take the match into extra time, where we would then go on to witness one of the greatest goals in the history of United.

When Solksjaer scored the winner for United, Schmeichel famously did a cartwheel in celebration as the crowd went berserk. However, that would be his last night at Manchester United as he left the club and went to Sporting CP. He came back to English football once again with Manchester City but retired soon after in 2003.

Following that, he has made investments in a couple of football clubs but more recently, he has become a television pundit. He is also doing promotional work for Carlsberg.