Daily Mail's 50 most influential people in Premier League history: THREE Reds in Top 10

The MailOnline has published their Top 50 most influential people in the history of the Premier League, and unsurprisingly Sir Alex Ferguson - who won an unrivaled 13 Premier League trophies during his 27 years at United (as well as 19 other domestic titles) - comes in at no.1 ahead of Sky Sports mogul Rupert Murdoch...who incidentally tried to sign United in 1998.

Also in the Top 10 is heroic captain of our Double-Double 1995/96 campaign, Eric Cantona (3) and David Beckham (6) who went on to become the biggest superstar football has ever seen.

Other members of the United family (both past and present) include: Roy Keane (18), Ryan Giggs (21), Wayne Rooney (23), Peter Schmeichel (27), Peter Kenyon (29), The Glazer Family (34), Cristiano Ronaldo (37), Rio Ferdinand (40) and Carlos Tevez (43). See the full list below...

50. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

49. Peter Ridsdale (Leeds United)

48. Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

47. Karren Brady (West Ham United)

46. Philip Don (Referee)

45. Sol Campbell (Tottenham, Arsenal & Portsmouth)

44. Gary Lineker ('Match of the Day' Presenter)

43. Carlos Tevez (+ West Ham United & Manchester City)

42. Rune Hauge (Football Agent)

41. Kevin Keegan (Newcastle United & Manchester City Manager)

40= Rio Ferdinand (+ West Ham United, Leeds United & QPR)

40= John Terry (Chelsea)

38. Paul Hawkins (Innovator who introduced goal-line technology)

37. Cristiano Ronaldo

36. Frank Lampard (West Ham United, Chelsea & Manchester City)

35. George Graham (Arsenal, Leeds United and Tottenham manager)

34. The Glazer family

33. Gary Neville (+ Sky Sports pundit)

32. Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal during beginning of Premier League)

31. Andy Melvin (Deputy MD of Sky Sports)

30. Jorge Mendes (Football agent to Cristiano Ronaldo, Diego Costa, David de Gea plus managers Jose Mourinho & ‘Big Phil’ Scolari)

29. Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea)

28. Gordon Taylor (CEO of PFA)

27. Peter Schmeichel (+ Aston Villa & Manchester City)

26. Juninho (Middlesbrough)

25. Peter Kenyon (CEO of United & Chelsea)

24. Bobby Robson (Newcastle United manager)

23. Wayne Rooney (+ Everton)

22. Ken Bates (CEO of Chelsea)

21. Ryan Giggs

20. Harry Redknapp (West Ham United, Portsmouth, Southampton, Tottenham & QPR manager)

19. Sacha Gaydamak (Owner of Portsmouth)

18= Patrick Vieira (Arsenal & Manchester City)

18= Roy Keane

16. Jack Walker (Owner of Blackburn Rovers)

15. Lord Taylor (Writer of 'The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Inquiry report')

14. Thierry Henry (Arsenal & Sky Sports pundit)

13. Kenny Dalglish (Blackburn Rovers & Liverpool manager)

12. Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers & Newcastle United)

11. Sheik Mansour (Owner of Manchester City)

10. David Dein (CEO of Arsenal)

9. Jose Mourinho (Chelsea manager)

8. Roman Abramovich (Owner of Chelsea)

7. David Beckham (and Posh Spice)

6. Jean-Marc Bosman (Created 'Bosman Ruling')

5. Richard Scudamore (CEO of Premier League)

4. Arsene Wenger (Arsenal manager)

3. Eric Cantona

2. Rupert Murdoch (Owner of Sky and News Corp.)

1. Sir Alex Ferguson