A piece of Meritking news this August is another “one-for-the-books” move by Manchester United to sign up Bayern Munich’s centre back Matthijs de Ligt. The deal is considered as an outstanding strategy in strengthening an already impressive powerhouse of exceptional footballers powering up the football club. To date, Man U has the most number of championship titles ever won in the history of English football. It’s no surprise therefore why there are numerous books and publications written about Manchester United.
Manchester United’s most recent Premier League championship win was the club’s 4-in-a-row title won from a series of 4 consecutive Premier League seasons. The Red Devils have made history as the English football club with the most championship titles, namely: 3 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League, 13 Football Association (FA) Cups,1 UEFA Europa League,and 1 Fédération Internationale de Football Association Club World Cup, which is just to mention a few.
In being the world’s most followed football club, Manchester United also has the most number of documentaries and books written about its history and achievements, including the triumphs of the legendary “Busby Babes”
Who are the “Busby Babes” of Manchester United?
The books published about Manchester United’s legendary “Busby Babes” team lives on as reminders of the youngest footballers ever to take part in the triumphs of Manchester United. 
Tragically though, their success ended abruptly in 1958 after a horrific Munich air crash claimed the lives of eight Busby Babes while still in their prime. Although the tragedy affected the members of Manchester United team, it is said to have been the start of Man U’s history as the English football team with the most number of wins.
The Busby Babes were called as such for being the group of young players recruited some time in 1953, by Sir Matt Busby for the Man United football club. During their stint, Manchester United won 2 Football League Championships. At that time and through the
Busby team’s impressive performances, Man U became the first English team to have qualified to n the newly launched European Cup competition, known today as the UEFA Championship League.
The young men immediately gained fame in Europe for beating the Belgian champion Anderlecht, after garnering an impressive 10-0 score. However, they didn’t make it past the semi-final round as they lost to the formidable Real Madrid. The latter won the European Cup yearly between 1956 and 1960.
Nevertheless, Manchester United won its first European Cup in 1968, which made them the first English football club to win the European competition. In 1999 and in 2008, Manchester United claimed two more European Cups as champions of the respective annual seasons.