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Avram Grant handed vote of confidence by rival who believes Champions League is Roman Abramovich’s ‘main goal’

The Manchester United manager says staying at Old Trafford was preferable to experience of coaching abroad

After eight months out injured, the young goalkeeper intends to establish himself as Manchester United’s No 1 next season

The England defender’s advisers told Manchester United that he will not discuss a new deal before the summer

Manchester United’s young goalkeeper, who has not played this season, has set himself some daunting long-term goals

20-year-old forward dashes Old Trafford hopes, by pledging to stay in France next season and then perhaps move to Italy

Manager is adamant that his team are capable of bridging the gap to overhaul Arsenal’s five-point advantage at the top

The Manchester United chief executive is expected to oppose to the plan to stage a 39th round of Premier League fixtures

The Manchester United manager attacked greedy agents after Wes Brown turned down a £45,000 a week four-year contract

Lyons 1 Manchester United 1: The Argentina forward scores late equaliser after Karim Benzema’s opener for the home side

Manchester Utd 4 Arsenal 0: Wayne Rooney’s lone striker exploits Arsenal’s shortcomings, leaving Fabio Capello with a dilemma

Arsenal’s feathers were ruffled at Old Trafford by the sight of Nani playing keepy-uppy in the final minutes of the game

The Man Utd boss has expressed a keen interest in two of the Lyons players his side will face at the Stade Gerland on Wednesday

Rooney excels in the lone striker role for United but two of the Englishman’s imported comrades, a Brazilian and Portuguese, steal the show

Manchester United 4 Arsenal 0: Exiting the FA Cup will not overly afflict Arsenal, but the scale of defeat was potentially bruising

With players pushed to their limits, Owen Hargreaves wonders why ‘the biggest league in the world’ needs international expansion

Having served with both Arsenal and United, Frank Stapleton will be suffering split loyalties during their FA Cup fifth-round tie

2-1 victory inflicts serious blow to United’s title challenge as Manchester City’s supporters respect silent tribute

Manchester United 1 Manchester City 2: resillient City earn deserved victory as limp United lost without Wayne Rooney

Manchester United 1 Manchester City 2: crowd fears unfounded after impeccable silence observed inside Old Trafford

Tribal affiliations are put to one side as Old Trafford stages service of remembrance for those who perished in Munich

Sporting deaths have an added meaning for those who merely watch, as the events of 50 years ago reveal

Sporting deaths have an added meaning for those who merely watch, as the events of 50 years ago reveal

Tribal affiliations are put to one side as Old Trafford stages service of remembrance for those who perished in Munich

The FA have fined the club £25,000 after seven players were given yellow cards in the 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane on Saturday

In the fifth part of our series, Martin Samuel says the manager was a ghostlike presence for years after the Munich air crash

The Manchester United manager says his constant quest is to create a side to match the courage and class of the 1958 team

In the fifth part of our series, Martin Samuel says the manager was a ghostlike presence for years after the Munich air crash

In February 1958, eight members of Manchester United FC perished in an aircrash in Munich. One survivor, the goalkeeper, dived back into the carnage…

Oliver Kay talks to Bill Foulkes, for whom success in 1968 could not erase his enduring sadness at the Munich air disaster

Oliver Kay talks to Bill Foulkes, for whom success in 1968 could not erase his enduring sadness at Munich air disaster

Sir Bobby Charlton believes the current United side winning the European Cup would be fitting way to honour those who died

Sir Bobby Charlton believes the current United side winning the European Cup would be fitting way to honour those who died

Tottenham 1 Manchester United 1: Carlos Tevez’s last ditch equaliser saves second best United who had seven players booked

One of the unspoken truths about the Munich anniversary is perception that club has exploited the memory of the disaster

A depleted Manchester United, inspired by those who died, carried a nation’s hopes all the way to Wembley

Tottenham 1 Man United 1: Spurs played heroically for 93 minutes only for Tevez to deny them victory

The Manchester United defender recounts his harrowing tale of survival after the crash of BEA flight 609 in Munich

Cristiano Ronaldo’s brilliant free kick for Manchester United last week was the result of skill – and hard work

Sir Alex Ferguson has urged his England striker to stop expending so much energy to the detriment of finding the net

Sir Alex Ferguson admits he has a fear of failure, while the club is hoping that supporters will respect minute’s silence

Manchester United’s free-scoring forward almost became an Arsenal player, before his price drove the north London club away

In the third part of our series, extracts from a new book by David Hall detail the sombre mood prevailing after the Munich disaster

50 years ago, the plane carrying a victorious Manchester United team back from Belgrade crashed on a snow-covered runway

There is a link between Beckham and Ronaldo, and it goes deeper than shirt numbers and haircuts. It is courage

In the second part of our series on the Munich air disaster, Matt Dickinson rues the premature ending to the career of Duncan Edwards

There were seven other players whose promising careers were prematurely ended by the Munich air disaster

The Manchester United winger believes that this season’s closely contested league race will boil down to a test of nerve

The Manchester United midfielder says this could be a defining week for his side as they continue their assault on the treble

The Everton manager said his Manchester United counterpart was right to criticise the feud engulfing Liverpool management