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Balsa Boy could prove Ferguson wrong

Queiroz expects strong start.

United teams win friendlies

He should be fit for Sunday

Scholes returns against Dunfermline

Paul Scholes is fit to face Reading after getting 90 minutes at Dunfermline.

Assistant boss Carlos Queiroz says Manchester United will storm out of the blocks this season.

Premier League chairman Richard Scudamore promises to tighten rules to prevent a repeat of the Carlos Tevez affair.

Sir Alex Ferguson is set to wait until his encounter with arch-rivals Manchester City before handing Carlos Tevez his Manchester United debut. Neil Johnston reports.

Since joining Manchester United in 1996, the Norwegian forward has seen many changes at the club where family values and team spirit have remained vital components, writes Henry Winter.

NANI took advantage of his manager’s absence to treat a capacity 14,000 crowd to a gymnastics exhibition after firing home a superb effort in Belfast.

THERE is a theory that Manchester United won the Premier League a year too early as Sir Alex Ferguson was gearing his team up for a big push in 2007-08.

MANCHESTER City fans are twice as likely to live in the north west as Manchester United fans, an internet study has revealed.

PAUL Scholes is fit and ready to play in Manchester United’s opening Premier League game against Reading on Sunday.

THERE is a theory that Manchester United won the Premier League a year too early as Sir Alex Ferguson was gearing his team up for a big push in 2007-08.

CARLOS Tevez is poised for a United baptism of fire in the Manchester derby.

NEMANJA Vidic has warned his United team-mates that they will have to improve just to stand still.

NEMANJA Vidic has warned his United team-mates that they will have to improve just to stand still.

CARLOS Tevez is poised for a United baptism of fire in the Manchester derby.

NANI took advantage of his manager’s absence to treat a capacity 14,000 crowd to a gymnastics exhibition after firing home a superb effort in Belfast.

MANCHESTER United midfielder Darren Fletcher believes the addition of Owen Hargreaves and Carlos Tevez can help the star-packed Old Trafford squad challenge on all four fronts this season.

PAUL Scholes is fit and ready to play in Manchester United’s opening Premier League game against Reading on Sunday.

Eagles, Giggs and Rooney (2) give Reds victory at East End Park.

Nani, Evra and Campbell get on the scoresheet in a routine win over Glentoran.

Sir Alex’s assistant Carlos Queiroz says the Reds are raring to go in 2007/08.

Man Utd midfielder Paul Scholes may be ready for the start of the new season after playing in a friendly against Dunfermline.

Manchester United beat Glentoran 3-0 in the big glamour friendly at the Oval.

Cristiano Ronaldo misses Glentoran friendly only as a precaution.

Paul Scholes could make a shock early return against Dunfermline.

Solskjaer says experienced stars face competition from young pretenders.

Rio Ferdinand cannot wait for Carlos Tevez to complete a move to United.

Manchester United are hoping to complete the signing of striker Carlos Tevez in the next 24 hours.

The Manchester United manager goes into the season?s first clash of the ?big two? confident he has built his most exciting side yet

In the final extracts from his autobiography, Norman Whiteside reveals how alcohol and anger characterised his last days at United

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More on alleged human rights of Shinawatra

Plaudits already for Hargreaves.

Solskjaer and Ferdinand looking forward to competition for places and are impressed by Tevez.

Worthy letter in last night’s MEN postbag.

Ferguson not attending either match tonight on wife’s orders as he prepares to move house.

PL to meet soon as Heinze faces more criticism.

Clearly.

Looks like he’ll have to wait until the weekend for his debut.

Daniel Taylor: The newly fit Owen Hargreaves can combat United’s big weakness by sitting in front of the back four.

Kevin McCarra: After a summer of big spending, these are the new signings most likely to succeed in the Premier League.

David Conn: The Premier League’s offer to share the wealth of their £2.7bn payday is not as generous as it seems.

Sir Alex Ferguson is facing defeat in his attempt to hand Carlos Tevez his Manchester United debut at Dunfermline.

Sir Alex Ferguson has finally met his match. Wife Cathy has ordered the Manchester United manager to miss his team’s final pre-season friendlies to help with the couple’s house move.

Such is the strength in depth of Manchester United that they will field one impressive line-up in Northern Ireland tonight, another in Scotland and leave their finest box-to-box operator to work up a sweat in Cheshire. The latter being Sir Alex Ferguson, who has been told to help his wife with a house move today instead of watching United’s pre-season programme come to a close against either Glentoran or Dunfermline.

CARLOS Tevez, Gabriel Heinze and Cristiano Ronaldo remained at home as Manchester United prepared to complete their final pre-season preparations in Scotland and Northern Ireland.