Wayne Rooney was included in Manchester United’s starting line-up to face Crystal Palace at Old Trafford this afternoon – with Alex Ferguson expected to watch him.

David Moyes has completed his first signing as Manchester United manager after the Barclays Premier League champions confirmed the arrival of defender Guillermo Varela.

QPR 0 Tottenham 0

Chelsea stars Ramires, Juan Mata and Eden Hazard have been rested for tonight’s Premier League west London derby against QPR.

Newcastle 1 QPR 0

Manchester City 3 QPR 1

Arsene Wenger has played it cool on reports that the Gunners have agreed a loan deal for Real Madrid midfielder Nuri Sahin.

QPR have won the race to sign free agent Junior Hoilett after agreeing a four-year deal.

Manchester United defender Fabio da Silva has signed a season-long loan with QPR.

Ryan Giggs was set to make his 900th appearance for Manchester United in today's Premier League clash at Carrow Road.

The president of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, has waded into the Luis Suarez controversy and offered his full backing to the Liverpool forward for refusing to shake Patrice Evra’s hand before last week’s Premier League defeat at Manchester United.

Luis Suarez was named in the Liverpool starting line-up for today’s Premier League encounter with Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Twenty-one-year-old goalkeeper Ben Amos was handed his Premier League debut by Manchester United tonight as both Anders Lindegaard and David de Gea were ruled out of the Old Trafford encounter with Stoke.

Defender Patrice Evra captained Manchester United in their FA Cup fourth round tie against Liverpool but Wayne Rooney and Nani both miss the game.

Phil Jones and Chris Smalling have returned, but there was no place for Rio Ferdinand in Manchester United’s starting line-up to face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium today.

Paul Scholes was named in Manchester United’s starting line-up to face Bolton at Old Trafford this afternoon.

Alex Ferguson is preparing to send young strikers Federico Macheda and Mame Biram Diouf out on loan in January after being concerned at how their fitness levels compared to the Crystal Palace players in midweek.

ALEX FERGUSON insists he is unconcerned about Wayne Rooney’s goal drought.

Dimitar Berbatov will miss Manchester United’s trip to Aston Villa tomorrow with an ankle injury picked up in the midweek Carling Cup defeat by Crystal Palace.

GLENN MURRAY headed the winner in extra time as Championship side Crystal Palace stunned Manchester United in the Carling Cup quarter-finals last night.

Manchester United 1 Crystal Palace 2 (after extra time)

Wayne Rooney was missing from Manchester United’s squad for this evening’s Champions League Group C clash with Benfica at Old Trafford.

Former Wales international Ryan Giggs made his return from a hamstring injury as Barclays Premier League champions Manchester United made their first trip to Swansea since 1982.

Rio Ferdinand has been named as skipper as Alex Ferguson makes seven changes to his Manchester United starting line-up for tonight’s Champions League encounter with Otelul Galati at Old Trafford.

Mario Balotelli returned to the Manchester City side for this afternoon’s eagerly-anticipated derby at Manchester United.

WAYNE ROONEY became the highest English scorer in Champions League history as 10-man Manchester United scraped home against Romanian Group C stragglers Otelul Galati last night.

ASHLEY YOUNG rescued Manchester United from an embarrassing defeat by Basel in a match which exposed worrying defensive shortcomings for Alex Ferguson’s men.

ALEX FERGUSON last night paid tribute to Michael Owen after the striker’s double helped Manchester United to an easy 3-0 Carling Cup win over Leeds.

Dimitar Berbatov and Michael Owen were handed their first starts of the season by Alex Ferguson as Manchester United faced a volatile atmosphere against Leeds at Elland Road.

ALEX FERGUSON praised goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard’s performance in the 1-1 Champions League draw with Benfica as United came from behind to salvage a point.

Benfica v Man Utd

Arsenal were dealt a blow at Manchester United this afternoon as defensive duo Bacary Sagna and Thomas Vermaelen were both ruled out of the Old Trafford clash.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson made three changes to his side for this afternoon’s Barclays Premier League clash with Blackburn at Ewood Park as the Red Devils went in search of the point that would secure them a record 19th top-flight title.

Fernando Torres was only on the bench as Chelsea went into their crucial Premier League title showdown with Manchester United at Old Trafford with Didier Drogba in attack rather than their £50m new boy.

Alex Ferguson has included one major surprise in his Manchester United starting line-up for tonight’s Champions League semi-final with Schalke with Brazilian full-back Fabio selected to fill the right-back slot.

Alex Ferguson made five changes to his starting line-up as Manchester United warmed up for their Champions League semi-final with Schalke by trying to claim a crucial Premier League win over Everton at Old Trafford.

Alex Ferguson has left Dimitar Berbatov out of the Man United squad for tonight's game against Newcastle United at St James' Park.

Controversial striker Mario Balotelli has been recalled to the Manchester City team for the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.

Antonio Valencia was handed his first start since September but there was still no place in the Manchester United starting line-up for Dimitar Berbatov as the Red Devils squared up to local rivals Bolton at Old Trafford.

Nemanja Vidic has been forced to miss Manchester United’s Champions League last-16 clash with Marseille at Old Trafford after failing to recover from a calf injury.

Liverpool’s club record signing Andy Carroll made his first appearance in the matchday squad after being named among the substitutes for the visit of arch-rivals Manchester United.

FAR from elbowing Manchester United out of the title race, Wayne Rooney’s latest failure to control himself on the pitch may have helped Alex Ferguson’s quest for a 12thPremier League title.

Brad Friedel will become the oldest player in Aston Villa history tonight as the midlands giants aim to continue their recent revival by overcoming Premier League leaders Manchester United.