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Potential England No1 Ben Foster will get the chance to impress Fabio Capello after recovering from injury

Ronaldo is 25/1 with Betfred to break the Premier League goals record.

Get a preview of Inside United’s Carrick, Park, Hargreaves interview.

Lyon striker won’t be swayed by transfer talk ahead of the visit to Old Trafford.

Sir Alex says Louis Saha can have a huge impact on United’s success this season

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is confident that captain Gary Neville will return to action despite fears over persistent injury problems, writes Mark Ogden.

Sir Alex Ferguson has said the race for the Premier League title could be the first ever to be decided by goal difference

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

Fletcher feels the FA Cup win over Arsenal is affecting the title race.

ManUtd.com’s poll on fans’ preferred midfield pairing is being keenly contested.

In-form midfielder says teams can’t cope with Reds on St James’ Park form.

All four of United’s league fixtures in April will be shown live on TV.

Some day Sir Alex Ferguson will get the credit he deserves. Perhaps it will be when he is gone from Manchester United. A result as comprehensive as this inevitably provoked another outbreak of sneering at Newcastle United and Kevin Keegan, but that should not be allowed to obscure the controlled swirl of the champions’ attacking on Saturday night and Ferguson’s primary role in assembling both the personnel involved and instilling in them a philosophy that embraces risk and beauty with the overlooked genius of common-sense defending.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney both scored twice as United moved within three points of Arsenal

Ferguson substituted Evra and Vidic as a precaution against Newcastle.

United close the gap on Arsenal at the top with another resounding win over Newcastle.

Fans can watch highlights from St James’ Park on MUTV and MUTV Online.

United close the gap on Arsenal at the top with another resounding win over Newcastle.

Sir Alex Ferguson revelled in watching his side tear Newcastle apart.

The Gunners’ draw at Bimingham gave United extra motivation against Newcastle.

If you’re good enough, you’re old enough these days, writes Clive Tyldesley. Nobody talks about your potential any more when you’re 22. Rooney is ripe for judgment. So just how good is he?

The midfield battle will be crucial at St James Park, according to Don Howe.

According to Martin Edwards, the moment he knew the shackles had been loosened and football’s finances lost all connection with sanity came in August 2001, writes Jim White.

Sir Alex Ferguson has insisted that there is no feud with Kevin Keegan, despite their public fall-out in the 90s

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

Months of hard work recovering from knee surgery will soon have paid off.

Sir Alex Ferguson could offer Ryan Giggs a coaching role at Manchester United once the Welshman stops playing.

Sir Alex has a full squad to choose from, but will make changes at Newcastle.

Sir Alex is delighted with the progress being made by two talented youngsters.

The Reds boss says he’s looking forward to duelling with Kevin Keegan.

Despite a knock on the knee in Lyon, Ryan Giggs is available for Newcastle trip.

James Milner says Newcastle need to rediscover their mental strength.

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

Ferdinand saluted United’s ability to grind out results after draw in Lyon.

Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson hits out at football agents after getting no closer to a contract extension with Wes Brown.

This week FootyMad’s match preview focuses on the game between Newcastle United and Manchester United at 17:15 on Saturday, 23rd February 2008 in the Premier League.

Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed that he is “depressed” by the contract stalemate that is threatening to end Wes Brown’s 10-year Manchester United career.

Uefa have admitted that it would be difficult to prevent fans carrying laser pens at football matches, despite new concern that the dazzling effect of flashing a beam of light into a player’s face would be a significant distraction.

The Football Association said yesterday that the Premier League’s plans for an “international round” (IR) of matches overseas are unsustainable in their current format, with its chairman, Lord Triesman, unequivocal in citing four major reasons why a “39th game” – as mooted in a first blueprint earlier this month – cannot happen.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s mounting frustration at Manchester United’s failure to agree a new contract with Wes Brown has led him to launch a trenchant attack on the role of agents in the game.

Sir Alex Ferguson is keen on signing Lyon’s Karim Benzema after his impressive performance against Man Utd this week

The FA is on a collision course with the Premier League after all but rejecting plans for overseas games

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

Form guide, team news and key men ahead of Saturday’s match at Newcastle.

BetFred chairman and United fan Fred Done previews Saturday’s match.

The Premier League’s plans to play a round of matches abroad was dealt another blow after the Football Association said that the proposal was “unsustainable” in its current format.

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

Lyon’s impressive striker says his team were lifted by Wednesday’s performance.

The last-gasp equaliser against Lyon was a major boost for United.

Team news ahead of Saturday’s Premier League match.