HE’S OUT OF THIS WORLD! Zlatan’s so good he could play on moon SAYS EX-UNITED CAPTAIN STEVE BRUCE

PAUL HETHERINGTON Wembley in 1996 which won the FA Cup for United.

He was also captain that day, with Bruce ruled out through injury.

Cantona was different, special – and so is Ibrahimovic, set to return to the United side after missing the midweek EFL Cup win against Hull.

Bruce, 56, sums up United’s 18-goal leading scorer in one word: “Wow!”

He said: “Can you imagine what he was like at 25? I saw a stat the other day that he’s got 400 goals – 50 in 2016 – and he’s 35 and has played virtually every minute this season.

“The tittle-tattle, gossip starts to come out from the club and the United lads are having him. That means he’s a player.

“He is that type, like Cantona, who comes in, embraces it and it looks as if it’s his stage there at Old Trafford.

“Not many players have got that. The first thing you have to have is ability – he’s got that in abundance. He’s got that arrogance top players, really great players, have. I might ring Jose Mourinho before the end of January and see if he can do me a turn and let me have him on loan.

“It’ll be a case of me saying, ‘Just one more favour, Jose. Can we pay 20 per cent of his wages?’”

United boss Mourinho has already done Bruce a favour this transfer window – the loan signing of goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, 23.

Bruce is also adamant his old club have got it right with the appointment of the former Chelsea manager.

He said: “Jose is the top manager for people like me. I don’t think people always see it from afar and what he’s really like.

“I rang him three weeks ago and asked him for a hand with a keeper.

“He said, ‘Okay, because it’s you’. He did me a favour so how can you not speak highly of him? I think the right man has got the job there at United.

“It was never going to be easy for anyone following Sir Alex Ferguson but I think they are making progress again.”