Even players at rival locker rooms speak highly of him. Martinelli being the most recent example.
Besides being a winner on the pitch, he's a devout Muslim who doesn't drink nor smoke, married man, who's liked by anyone that works with him. All his managers, bar Mourinho, have described him as the model professional and incredible influence in the locker room. As a teenager he had enough confidence and ability to step away from the shadows of arguably the greatest manager of all time to go prove himself, which he did, and turn himself into a superstar.
That's without mentioning he's a Carrington graduate and a substantial amount of his football ideals were instilled by us. I still remember when he said United should be playing attacking football, and was turned into public enemy #1 for saying what he was taught here.
The witch hunt against him is hilarious. The tone was set when people took issue with him expressing himself through haircuts and it never relented from there.