Manchester United news and links

Police and football fans clashed tonight ahead of Manchester United’s home game against AS Roma.

Manchester United striker Louis Saha has warned Premiership defenders that he is ready to release all his “pent up energy”.

UEFA insist that no discussions have taken place involving possible sanctions against Spurs, Man United and Roma.

UEFA will investigate the shocking scenes of crowd trouble during Man United’s Champions League match in Rome.

Sir Alex Ferguson criticised referee Herbert Fandel for pitting 10-man Manchester United “against 12 men for an hour” in their Champions League clash at Roma and claims is to blame for Paul Scholes’ red card. Wasn’t it for two stupid tackles?

Baton-wielding police laid into Man United fans as scenes of violence stained their Champions League clash with Roma.

Wayne Rooney has insisted his lack of goals is not a problem - as long as his Manchester United win the Premiership title.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s hopes of a speedy return for Nemanja Vidic were dashed with news he had broken his collarbone.

Steve McClaren must be ruing Paul Scholes’ decision not to come out of retirement after another vintage club performance.

Sir Alex Ferguson is facing a bit of a defensive crisis with news that Nemanja Vidic will be out for around a month.

Sir Alex Ferguson expects Manchester United captain Gary Neville to remain on the sidelines for another three weeks.

Mark Hughes is backing Manchester United over Chelsea in a battle of his former clubs for the Premiership title.

Manchester United could be dealt a huge blow if the injury Cristiano Ronaldo picked up with Portugal turns out to be serious.

Sir Alex Ferguson is not optimistic the historic treble of 1999 can be achieved by Manchester United this season.

Stijn Stijnen has moved to clarify comments he made which suggested that Belgium would “massacre” Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Court of Appeal have ruled that the FA can bring disciplinary charges against Wayne Rooney’s agent Paul Stretford.

Cristiano Ronaldo claims he is “too good” after he proved to be Manchester United’s match-winner against Middlesbrough.

Ben Foster is eager to establish himself as Manchester United’s first-choice goalkeeper next season ahead of Edwin van der Sar.

Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher escaped injury following a car accident on Wednesday morning.

Alan Smith is determined to stay at Man United and has warned his would-be suitors that he has no intention of leaving the club.

Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a dislocated shoulder.

Premiership big guns Chelsea and Man United face the prospect of an enthralling FA Cup final meeting at the new Wembley.

Sir Alex Ferguson has been reluctantly forced to accept goal hero Henrik Larsson will leave Manchester United.

Manchester United striker Louis Saha has been ruled out for at least four weeks with a hamstring strain.

Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted his priority is to win the Premiership title rather than the Champions League.

Sir Alex Ferguson has warned his Manchester United players not to get sucked into a war with Lille.

This refrain will sound familiar to Man United fans but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be out for a month with a knee injury.

Gary Neville was reportedly forced to travel down to London just to be told he was dropped by Sir Alex Ferguson.

Man United have called for eye witnesses to come forward with any relevant information to the stadium chaos at Lille.

Henrik Larsson has insisted he will not extend his stay at Manchester United beyond March when his loan deal expires.

Gerard Pique’s agent says that the young defender is keen to make his loan deal with Real Zaragoza a permanent one.

Man United captain Gary Neville would like “to see the removal of agents from the game” as they don’t care about players.

Tim Howard refuses to look back on his difficult days at Manchester United now he has committed himself to Everton.

Michael Carrick insists he is not bothered about being left trailing in the Manchester United goalscoring stakes.

Carlos Queiroz reckons that Cristiano Ronaldo would be making a big mistake if he were to leave Manchester United.

Gary Neville is hoping Manchester United can persuade Henrik Larsson to remain at Old Trafford for the rest of the season.

Sir Alex Ferguson reckons Man United have an “even better chance” of winning the title if Wayne Rooney recaptures past form.

Gary Neville claims the rest of the top flight cannot handle Man United as they are playing some of the best football in years.

Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United will win the Premiership if they can keep their nerve away from home.

Sir Alex Ferguson has urged Manchester United to forget about Chelsea and look forward after their win over Charlton.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is set to hand star striker Wayne Rooney a few days off next week.

Sir Alex Ferguson believes Cristiano Ronaldo can “fulfil all his potential” at Old Trafford and says the winger knows it.

Gabriel Heinze insists he has no desire to quit Manchester United this summer despite being linked with many clubs.

Manchester United remain totally behind the Premier League’s collective television bargaining agreement.

Giant goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is hoping to return to action for Manchester United against Lille in two weeks’ time.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says he is delighted with the form of defender Rio Ferdinand.

Manchester United may hold a six-point lead over Chelsea but Paul Scholes believes “there will be a few twists and turns yet”.

Tottenham could be in trouble for showing replays of Cristiano Ronaldo’s “dive” on the big screens.

Wayne Rooney is doubtful for England’s friendly with Spain which could force Steve McClaren into a tactical re-think.

Tottenham boss Martin Jol questioned the decision to give Cristiano Ronaldo a penalty to open the scoring at WHL.