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Nemanja Vidic wants to keep hold of the Champions League next season.

The Spanish giants are preparing to offer 80 million euros for the Manchester United winger

La Gazzetta dello Sport, proclaimed Manchester United as the ‘kings of Europe’, saluting them for their voracious hunger in picking up a second trophy in 10 days.

Keeper’s words summed up night of high drama in Luzhniki Stadium, writes Clive Tyldesley.

Sighs of relief as final passes without trouble in Moscow, writes Will Stewart.

Owen Hargreaves believes Manchester United are entering a glorious new era.

Sir Alex Ferguson admits he has already set his sights on taking Manchester United back to the Champions League final as he tries to catch the competition’s most successful clubs.

The England midfielder was thrilled to mark his debut season at the club by getting his hands on the Champions League trophy - for a second time - and the league championship title

Kevin McCarra: There may have been little to choose between United and Chelsea in Moscow, but the future could be a different story

The authorities in Manchester are loathe to allow United to parade through the city after Rangers fans went on rampage

Rio Ferdinand says that double winners have no intention of resting on their laurels after dramatic victory over Chelsea

As the Manchester United and Chelsea players arrived back in England, the fall-out continued from one of the most dramatic Champions League finals in recent history.

Striker insists that the double-winning Manchester United team will be ever better next season, writes Tim Rich.

In terms of history, tradition and heritage, the Stamford Bridge club trail behind Old Trafford, says Jim White.

Manchester United midfielder told TV crews from England and Spain different things about his future after the Champions League final in Moscow, writes Tim Rich.

Sir Alex Ferguson is convinced that veterans Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes still have big parts to play at Manchester United next season

Further procrastinating over Cristiano Ronaldo’s future after the midfielder refused to confirm he would stay at Manchester United

Sir Alex Ferguson is hungry to build a dynasty - and will now ensure his players are too, writes Daniel Taylor

Champions League glory was an altogether more sedate affair for Ryan Giggs than nine years ago, writes Daniel Taylor

Manchester United’s champions of Europe arrived home last night – but were denied the open-topped bus tour their fans wanted.

Football’s power to move the spirit, in the most improbable, and sometimes even the most unjust ways, is something Chelsea’s captain John Terry will have to live with for the rest of his days. Maybe he will grow strong at the place in his competitive heart that was broken here in the rain and the angst of the Luzhniki Stadium.

Even with a European Cup winners’ medal round his neck and a debt of gratitude to his penalty-taking team-mates that would humble other men, Cristiano Ronaldo was still acting the tiresome superstar on Wednesday night. With the Fifa World Player of the Year title surely on its way to him too, it can only be a matter of time before the fastest-growing ego in world football is in danger of expanding beyond all control this summer.

Manchester United are back in the UK after their thrilling win over Chelsea in the Champions League final.

The all-English Champions League face-off turned out to be a smoothly organised, crisply administered adventure

From Munich to Moscow, tragedy and triumph have been central to the Manchester United story

Manchester United manager refuses to bask in Champions League glory and plots for more success next season

Fifty years after the Munich air disaster, victory for Manchester United was a fitting way to mark the event

Watch the triumphant Reds return to Manchester live on MUTV.

The Times had front-row seats as the thrilling finale was played out in the Luzhniki Stadium

1968 European Cup winner represents everything that Manchester United aspire to be: classy and committed to good football

The challenge of retaining the cup is tough, even if the Manchester United manager believes his team can only get better

Defender is under the spotlight following Champions League final defeat to Manchester United as footage comes to light.

Defender is under the spotlight following Champions League final defeat to Manchester United as footage comes to light.

European Champions have left Moscow following a delay of one hour after their celebrations extended until 10am Moscow-time.

Brian Oliver: Manchester United v Chelsea was fortunately my 20th successive European Cup final. But how did it compare to the other 19?

David Beckham or Ronaldo? Rio Ferdinand or Jaap Stam? Ryan Giggs or Ryan Giggs? Manchester United left it late in Barcelona and in Moscow but which…

Cristiano caps an epic win for United by declaring his desire to stay.

Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Rio Ferdinand look back at the triumphant night in Moscow

Russia very often comes in for criticism but today it is patting itself on the back for its organisation of the event

Man Utd’s Edwin van der Sar tells an audience of millions how it really feels to win the Champions League

The general consensus among papers across the continent is that United deserved to pip Chelsea to European crown.

Renewed claims that last night’s pitch for the Champions League final in Moscow was sub-standard have been rebuffed by one of the Britain’s leading groundsmen.

The Manchester United goalkeeper admits luck played a part in their Champions League victory over Chelsea in Moscow

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Police ruled out any hopes of a homecoming parade today after Manchester United’s European Champions League success

Man Utd’s victorious players are preparing to return to England with the Champions League trophy after their thrilling win over Chelsea.

Alan Smith looks at the key moments in Manchester United’s victory over Chelsea in the Champions League final in Moscow.

Cristiano Ronaldo would have been re-ordered to take his penalty again had he scored during the dramatic conclusion to the Champions League final, according to Graham Poll.

Cristiano Ronaldo refuses to confirm he will stay with Manchester United after Wednesday’s Champions League win.

Players elated to add Champions League crown to league title triumph.