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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is lining up a £10 million move for Serbian full-back Branislav Ivanovic.

United plan tribute to the Busby Babes, who perished in a plane crash, writes Tim Rich.

The former player believes the triumvirate of Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez can match his achievements alongside George Best and Bobby Charlton.

Sir Alex Ferguson is billing Anderson as the world’s best young player after watching the Brazilian make Paul Scholes Manchester United’s forgotten man.

Sir Alex Ferguson met FA chief executive Brian Barwick at Old Trafford to give his thoughts on who should be the next England manager.

Manchester United (1) 2 Fulham (0) 0Cristiano Ronaldo, a close second to AC Milan’s Kaka in the voting for the 2007 European Footballer of the Year, scored twice against Fulham to secure a routine victory for Manchester United.

Manchester United (1) 2 Fulham (0) 0Cristiano Ronaldo’s double strike proved enough to see Manchester United bounce back into the Premier League’s top two with a win over Fulham at Old Trafford.

Ryan Giggs denies alarm bells are ringing at Old Trafford after Manchester United’s shock defeat by Bolton nine days ago.

The draw for third round of FA Cup produced four all-Premier League ties, including a meeting between the Premier League champions and Aston Villa for the fourth time in six years.

If you seek one difference between the Manchester United sides built by Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson, just consider how many of their players have been crowned European Footballer of the Year, writes Tim Rich.

Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs believes his team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo deserves to win the 2007 Fifa World Player of the Year award.

Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo is amongst three players selected for the Fifa world player of the year award shorlist.

Gary Neville’s injury nightmare continues after the Manchester United right-back was told he will be out of action beyond the New Year.

Manchester United assistant coach Carlos Queiroz has been accused of unsettling Sporting Lisbon midfielder Miguel Veloso amid reports that the Portugal midfielder will be moving to Old Trafford.

Louis Saha has received a vote of confidence from Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson after a frustrating display in the Champions League win over Sporting Lisbon.

The Manchester United manager is confident his former assistant will bounce back from loss of England job.

Wayne Rooney has been pencilled in to make his Manchester United comeback against Fulham on Dec 3.

John O’Shea has signed a three-year contract extension at Manchester United.

Manchester United are facing something of an attacking crisis for this weekend’s trip to Bolton Wanderers after Carlos Tevez’s exertions in World Cup qualifiers in conditions that “killed me”.

Manchester United are poised to add to their pool of youthful Portuguese talent by bringing Sporting Lisbon’s exciting midfielder Miguel Veloso to the club.

United have dismissed reports that Wayne Rooney has returned to training.

Wayne Rooney, the Manchester United and England striker, will return to club training at Carrington just 11 days after damaging his ankle, according to sources within the England camp, writes Henry Winter.

The Rangers full-back’s fine display for Scotland has drawn lavish praise from all quarters, writes Ewing Grahame.

Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic is facing a club-versus-country dilemma after Uefa rescheduled Serbia’s twice-postponed Euro 2008 qualifier against Kazakhstan.

Sir Alex Ferguson is using acclamation of current United squad to psyche out rivals, writes David Miller.

Manchester United are to hold urgent talks with the Foreign Office about next month’s Champions League trip to Roma after a Lazio fan was killed during a weekend of football violence in Italy.

The precarious nature of this season’s title race, not to mention the questionable nature of Wayne Rooney’s durability, were underlined when the England centre-forward was ruled out of the Manchester United and England teams for at least one month.

Manchester United have confirmed Wayne Rooney will be out for four weeks with an ankle injury.

Manchester United have rejected a ludicrous approach from Setanta to play Everton at 8pm on Christmas Eve.

For everyone at Manchester United, perhaps bar Gerard Pique, the announcement that Nemanja Vidic had signed a two-year extension to his contract could only have been welcome.

Manchester United are closing in on the signing of Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa.

If Sir Alex Ferguson hasn’t learned by now that his bullying, hectoring and generally dismissive manner diminishes him in the eyes of people who would like to admire the man, as well as respect the manager, he never will, writes Michael Henderson.

Manchester United (2) 4 Dynamo Kiev (0) 0Manchester United are strolling into the knockout stages almost with their hands in their pockets, qualification being assured when Roma netted a late equaliser against Sporting Lisbon. Tim Rich reports from Old Trafford.

Owen Hargreaves says it is important for Manchester United to save their best football for the end of the season and hopefully a Champions League final in Moscow, writes Tim Rich.

Manchester United manager is convinced that this year he has the depth and quality of squad to deliver him the second Champions League triumph he has craved ever since the memorable victory over Bayern Munich in 1999.

Gary Neville’s hopes of returning to Steve McClaren’s England squad ahead of the decisive Euro 2008 qualifying game with Croatia have all but disappeared after he suffered yet another injury setback, writes Ian Winrow.

Gary Neville looks set to miss Manchester United’s Champions League fixture against Dynamo Kiev tomorrow night after missing training this morning.

Everybody likes a controversial set of “best-ever” stats to get their teeth stuck into and you can bet The Association of Football Statisticians have been getting their fair share of dissenters following this latest Top 100 footballers survey.

Manchester United manager has reopened the controversial debate on football agents, accusing them of being “unprofessional”, writes David Bond.

England midfielder is expecting his belated Champions League debut for Manchester United, at home to Dynamo Kiev, to be something of a stroll.

Owen Hargreaves has hit out at Arsenal’s claims to playing ‘beautiful football’ as the Manchester United midfielder stirs up tensions between the Premier League title rivals.

Manchester United’s manager is facing the prospect of disciplinary action after it emerged that the FA are set to ask him to explain his claim that referee Howard Webb “favoured Arsenal” during the draw at the Emirates. Jeremy Wilson reports

Manchester United’s remarkable manager has fashioned another outstanding team, one looking eminently capable of outlasting any rival in the Premier League race, writes Henry Winter, following a gripping 2-2 draw with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson remains as grumpy as ever after 21 years, writes Jim White.

The Manchester United defender is expected to return to action on Saturday after seven months on the sidelines.

Former Arsenal and Manchester United player Frank Stapleton will have split loyalties when the two teams meet this Saturday for their top-of-the-table match at the Emirates Stadium.

John Ley chooses his top ten most memorable Arsenal v Man Utd clashes.

The Blackburn manager awoke on Monday to headlines billing his side’s 2-1 triumph as “Spurs show old fragility on dawn of Ramos era”, writes Henry Winter.

Paul Scholes has been ruled out for three months after being told he needs an operation to repair damaged knee ligaments.

Cesc Fabregas has been showered with praise since he arrived on these shores from his Spanish homeland four years ago but it was his Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, who really hit the nail on the head by likening his midfielder to Paul Scholes.