Manchester United legend Denis Law is backing Huddersfield Town to win their Premier League promotion playoff against Reading.

German coach David Wagner has led the Terriers to within touching distance of a return to the top flight for the first time since 1972.

Former Scotland striker Law joined Huddersfield as a raw teenager in 1955 and went on to become the club's youngest player when making his debut the following year, aged just 16 and 10 months, before moving on to Manchester City, Torino and then Manchester United.

"I followed Huddersfield over this particular campaign and they looked as if they would get promotion (automatically), then they had a bit of a bad spell before coming again," Law, who is an ambassador for Prostate Cancer UK, told Press Association Sport.

"In football, I don't care who you are playing in whatever division, if you don't battle, then you are going to get turned over - and we have seen that this last season in the Premier League.

"Huddersfield have not got the money to buy players, so the manager has done a fantastic job with the money they have got to get into this situation where one more win would bring them into the Premier League.

"If they get into the Premier League, then they could battle and would be able to stay up, so I am really hoping they can win."