NO-ONE is more pleased that Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel is learning to dance for hit BBC show Strictly Come Dancing than his wife Bente.

For Bente tells me she’s been trying to get her goalie hubbie to strut his stuff on the dance floor for years.

Now that the retired Danish footballer has signed up to the reality show, dancing alongside professional instructor Erin Boag, Bente hopes there are many happy years of dancing ahead for the Cheshire-based couple. She says: “For years I’ve tried to persuade him to go salsa dancing with me, so maybe after this we can take it up together.