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There are two ways to watch United’s last pre-season game at Dunfermline live.

Rob Smyth: Is the striker that Sir Alex Ferguson has been looking for actually already sitting on his bench?

Van der Sar pleased with saves.

But three points would be better

Praise for van der Sar

HM Revenue and Customs will see them in court in September

Tony Strudwick from Blackburn

Warning from The Football Industry Group

Norman - ‘I did what the fans dream off doing, kicking Scousers’

Not many seem to care over here Michel

Read his diary to find out…

The matter is due before an arbitration panel

Rio Ferdinand is desperate to retain the Barclays Premier League title.

Gerard Pique is aiming to push Ferdinand and Vidic for a first-team spot.

Michael Carrick says the Reds’ summer arrivals should thrive at United.

Reading striker Leroy Lita faces a race to be fit for Old Trafford trip.

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The dispute over Gabriel Heinze’s proposed move from Manchester United to Liverpool is to be decided by a Premier League arbitration panel, writes David Bond.

As Jose Mourinho begins a new Premiership season with more than £100 million of injured talent, Ryan Giggs argues that the title may be decided by which team gets more of their footballers on to the pitch, writes Tim Rich.

Finance directors of Premier League clubs confess that English football is flirting with insolvency, and some clubs risk emulating troubled Leeds United, according to a survey recently published. Henry Winter reports.

Gabriel Heinze has accused Man Utd of going against their word by refusing to let him join Liverpool.

* MANCHESTER UNITED Gabriel Heinze held face-to-face discussions with Sir Alex Ferguson for the first time yesterday in a bid to resolve the row over his proposed move from Manchester United to Liverpool. Heinze reported for duty at United’s Carrington training complex yesterday morning following a brief break after the Copa America.

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.

Manchester United will field a strong side at East End Park for Dunfermline captain Scott Thomson’s testimonial.

Nemanja Vidic shrugs off Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho’s claim that Man Utd are under more pressure than the Blues because of their summer spending.

Mike Adamson: Sir Alex Ferguson has assembled arguably his best ever squad - but even that may not be good enough to win the league.

Sir Alex Ferguson heaped praise on Edwin van der Sar after the goalkeeper clinched the Community Shield for Manchester United.”

David Pleat: Both teams can be encouraged by parts of their Community Shield performance, but United looked more likely to win.

Sir Alex Ferguson believes his Argentine and English strikers can play together up front for Manchester United. Tim Rich reports.

It is a question that has quite possibly dominated the thoughts of Jose Mourinho since the day Manchester United relieved Chelsea of the Premiership title. Where can we improve to close the gap this time? What needs to be done to avoid a repeat?

Richard Scudamore is confident the Barclays Premier League now have regulations in place to make sure the Carlos Tevez affair will not happen again.

Uefa president Michel Platini has warned the Premier League of the dangers of foreign owners, arguing that their motives may be questionable and insisting that he would resist the invasion if it occurred in his own country.

Chelsea 1(1) Manchester United 1 (1) (United win 3-0 on penalties)Football, the sport that never sleeps, hardly seems to have had a lie-down this summer, and events here yesterday maintained familiar themes from last season, writes Henry Winter.

The Premier League has tightened its transfer rules to prevent another Carlos Tevez-style contractdispute.

From his place on the bench even Jose Mourinho found it hard to suppress a smile at the appaling success his team endured from the penalty spot ? and he is not known for making light of failure. On the English football season’s great irrelevant opening day, Edwin van der Sar was the hero but the atmosphere was soon a good deal chillier around the Chelsea manager as the start of his campaign threatened to disintegrate.

The hottest day of the year and the football season arrives. What could be more natural in the perverse, looking-glass world of the Premiership where £30m players are transferred for £2m, the former England manager gets a job and promptly signs nine foreigners, and £100,000-a-week footballers turn out for charity, and the punters are the ones dipping their hands into their pockets?

Community Shield: Edwin van der Sar would not be beaten from the spot as United won their 16th 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.

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.