Manchester United news and links

THE M.E.N’s verdict on the match.

RYAN Giggs leads the Manchester United old guard into another Premier League campaign with a dire warning for his teammates - lose and we are already lagging behind in the title race.

OLE Gunnar Solskjaer is ready to rise to the challenge as he enters probably his final season as a United player.

SIR Alex Ferguson has insisted Gabriel Heinze will still have a future at Manchester United even if the Premier League reject his proposed move to Liverpool.

CARLOS Tevez has been the most exciting signing of a hectic summer for Manchester United… but he wouldn’t make my starting line-up, even if he was fully fit and registered to play against Reading on Sunday.

ARGENTINA star Carlos Tevez has completed his move to Manchester United.

SIR Alex Ferguson has delivered a worrying message to the title rivals who feel they have seen the best of Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo - “You ain’t seen nothing yet.”

SIR Alex Ferguson is ready to resist the temptation to pitch any of his new signings straight into battle as Manchester United open their Premier League title defence against Reading.

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.

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.

THERE’S only one winner in that one,” said Norman Whiteside with a smile, after hearing of Gabriel Heinze’s face-to-face meeting with Sir Alex Ferguson.

PAUL Scholes could make a quick return to action following an exploratory knee operation after he was named in the Manchester United squad to face Dunfermline in a friendly tonight.

OLE Gunnar Solskjaer has backed Sir Alex Ferguson to use all his managerial experience to keep the Manchester United squad happy and push the club towards back-to-back titles.

OLE Gunnar Solskjaer has backed Sir Alex Ferguson to use all his managerial experience to keep the Manchester United squad happy and push the club towards back-to-back titles.

THERE’S only one winner in that one,” said Norman Whiteside with a smile, after hearing of Gabriel Heinze’s face-to-face meeting with Sir Alex Ferguson.

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.

PAUL Scholes could make a quick return to action following an exploratory knee operation after he was named in the Manchester United squad to face Dunfermline in a friendly tonight.

LEROY Lita faces a race against time to be fit for Reading’s Premier League opener against Manchester United after suffering a freak injury in bed.

STEVE McClaren is convinced Wayne Rooney can fire England into Euro 2008.

RIO Ferdinand is confident Sir Alex Ferguson’s experience of handling big squads will give United an advantage in the Premier League title race.

GABRIEL Heinze will take his dispute with Manchester United to a Premier League arbitration panel next week.

CARLOS Tevez’s move to Manchester United will not be signed off by the Premier League today but the club are hopeful the deal will be confirmed by the kick-off of the new season this weekend.

GABRIEL Heinze has promised to “carry on like a professional” as he hopes to complete a controversial switch from Manchester United to Liverpool.

CARLOS Tevez’s move to Manchester United will not be signed off by the Premier League today but the club are hopeful the deal will be confirmed by the kick-off of the new season this weekend.

STEVE McClaren is convinced Wayne Rooney can fire England into Euro 2008.

LEROY Lita faces a race against time to be fit for Reading’s Premier League opener against Manchester United after suffering a freak injury in bed.

RIO Ferdinand is confident Sir Alex Ferguson’s experience of handling big squads will give United an advantage in the Premier League title race.

THE squeeze is well and truly on at Old Trafford. Any of last season’s Premier League trophy winners who might have been tempted to sit back and quaff celebratory champagne have had a summer of discomfort.

CRISTIANO Ronaldo has warned Chelsea that the United side defending their Premier League crown will be stronger than the team that won it.

EDWIN van der Sar created his own little bit of history at Wembley in the Community Shield.

THE squeeze is well and truly on at Old Trafford. Any of last season’s Premier League trophy winners who might have been tempted to sit back and quaff celebratory champagne have had a summer of discomfort.

UNITED landed yet another piece of Wembley silverware - then announced their intention of keeping their Premier League title by lining up Carlos Tevez for the first match of the season.

GABRIEL Heinze has held face-to-face discussions with Sir Alex Ferguson for the first time in a bid to resolve the row over his proposed move from Manchester United to Liverpool.

CRISTIANO Ronaldo has warned Chelsea that the United side defending their Premier League crown will be stronger than the team that won it.

GABRIEL Heinze has held face-to-face discussions with Sir Alex Ferguson for the first time in a bid to resolve the row over his proposed move from Manchester United to Liverpool.

CRISTIANO Ronaldo has warned Chelsea that the United side defending their Premier League crown will be stronger than the team that won it.

EDWIN van der Sar created his own little bit of history at Wembley in the Community Shield.

UNITED landed yet another piece of Wembley silverware - then announced their intention of keeping their Premier League title by lining up Carlos Tevez for the first match of the season.

THE M.E.N’s Mike Whalley scores the players after United’s Community Shield triumph over Chelsea.