 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Zvita 1999 kusvika Ndira 2000, McManaman nechikwata cheMadrid vakatora chikamu mumakakatanwa ekutanga FIFA Club World Championships muRio de Janeiro, uko McManaman akarasikirwa nemukana wekukuvara nguva yekukunda mutambo, uyezve chirango kurova Necaxa iyo ingadai yakatumira Madrid kunzvimbo yechitatu. McManaman nechikwata vakazodzokera kuSpain ndokuzvisimbisa seboka rakaenda kusvika kumagumo e2000 Champions Leaguepasi pomurairidzi mutsva Vicente del Bosque, uyo akanga atsiva John Toshack muna November. Maitiro aMcManaman mukuvaka akamuona achigamuchira mibairo yakati wandei yemurume wemutambo, achiumba mubatanidzwa wakasimba wepakati nepakati naFernando Redondo, sezvo Madrid yakakunda varidzi veManchester United neBayern Munich kuti vasvike kumagumo. Yakanga iri mumutambo uyu weChampions League wakaridzwa paStade de France, Paris kuti McManaman akawana nguva yake yakanakisisa semutambi, achiwana volley inoshamisa mukukunda 3 0 pamusoro peValencia. Kuita kwake pamutambo mukuru wenhabvu yemakirabhu kwakamuona achirumbidza murume wemutambo nemuchina weChirungu, maonero akatsigirwa newaaitamba naye kuMadrid Iván Helguera, naSir Alex Ferguson, uyo akawedzera kuti: Ndakafunga kuti McManaman aive akanaka...hapana mubvunzo kuti aive murume wemutambo...Akanga ari kutyisidzira husiku hwese uye akapa Real kupinza kukuru kubva pakati penzvimbo. Mukomana wacho agara akakomborerwa nokutsungirira kunoshamisa uye ane chivimbo chokukunda vatambi. Chikamu chaMcManaman mukukunda kweMadrid kwechisere kweEuropean Cup chakamuonawo achiva mutambi wekutanga wechiChirungu kuti akunde makwikwi epamusoro eEurope nekirabhu yekune imwe nyika. 