NO STITCHES, no apology. Absolutely no let-up in the rule of fear and fire which has categorised Sir Alex Ferguson’s reign at Old Trafford.

HOW to improve on perfection — that is the task facing Alex Ferguson when he sends his Manchester United side out to face Blackburn at Old Trafford tonight.

Juan Veron scored an own goal in the fourth minute of the Barclaycard Premiership match between Manchester United and Sunderland at Old Trafford

Alex Ferguson’s winter spending plans will not be affected by confirmation that Manchester United will have to wait until April 2005 for the final instalment of the €25m fee for Dutch defender Jaap Stam.

FROM champs to chumps and back again. Alex Ferguson has spoken often of the intensive spotlight his team must continually perform under but rarely can such polarised opinions have been produced in such a short space of time.

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ALEX FERGUSON has been left to curse the international fixture list as he faced the prospect of embarking on a three-week Premiership salvation mission without £28.1 million midfielder Juan Veron.

Manchester United medal-winner Stuart Pearson believes Sir Alex Ferguson must take his share of the blame for the Old Trafford club's present crisis.

ALEX FERGUSON has his big guns back for the Old Trafford clash with Southampton today — but the Manchester United boss thinks the target has changed.

Manchester United will be going all out for victory against Bayer Leverkusen on November 13 in a bid to ensure their dominance of Champions League Group F doesn’t go unrewarded.

England midfielder Nicky Butt was the notable absentee as Manchester United headed off to Athens for the resumption of their Champions League campaign.

Hard-working Everton were left shattered by a Paul Scholes-inspired blitz which sent them spinning to defeat at Old Trafford tonight.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson believes his team are more than capable of shoving Arsenal off their perch as the dominant team in England.

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ALEX FERGUSON scored a decisive victory in the club versus country row over Paul Scholes’ fitness.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson sprang a major surprise at Old Trafford tonight by naming Fabien Barthez, Paul Scholes and Mikael Silvestre in his side to face Middlesbrough.

Like his shadow, controversy is never far from Roy Keane.

Manchester United’s injured list for tomorrow’s must-win match against Ipswich at Portman Road has lengthened after Laurent Blanc, Fabien Barthez and Juan Veron were all ruled out.

Alex Ferguson claims Manchester United are playing with the same spirit which carried them to the Treble in 1999 as they prepare to face Bayer Leverkusen at Old Trafford tonight.

Alex Ferguson is confident Manchester United can cope with the possible loss of £120m (€196m) worth of midfield talent for their Champions League return against Deportivo La Coruna.

Peter Ridsdale has admitted that Leeds are willing to sell Olivier Dacourt but has warned Italy’s big guns that Mark Viduka would not be sold for anything less than £30million.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer feels he is having the best season of his career with Manchester United.

Ruud van Nistelrooy became the first Manchester United player in 14 years to score 30 competitive goals in a season as the champions deposed Arsenal as Premiership leaders in some style.

England captain David Beckham has opened the scoring for Manchester Utd against Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford.

Gary Neville has rejected criticism of Manchester United’s European system after another unconvincing display against Nantes.

Manchester United midfielder Juan Veron has refused to rule out a return to Lazio.

Normal service was resumed at Old Trafford as Manchester Utd easily defeated Boavista helped by a Ruud Van Nistlerooy double.

Manchester United suffered their fifth Premiership defeat of the season, going down 3-0 at home to Chelsea.

Manchester United insist record £28.1m signing Juan Veron does not have an opt-out clause in his contract.

Diego Maradona returned to the field to play his farewell match in front of 50,000 devoted fans in Buenos Aires.

Laurent Blanc went some way to silencing his critics with a wonderful tackle to stop Olympiakos taking the lead against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Half-time in today's Premiership sees Derby, Everton and Liverpool leading.

David Beckham was again the hero against the Greeks as his 66th minute goal sent Man Utd on their way to an away win in their Champions League game in Athens.

Former Manchester United midfielder Jonathan Greening has accused his old club of betraying the youth policy which has brought them so much success over the past decade.

Despite winning 12 major trophies in his first 10 years at Manchester United, Ryan Giggs is hungry for more.

Not even the interminable flight home from Bangkok would have been enough to lessen Sir Alex Ferguson’s satisfaction as he reflected on Manchester United’s successful Far East tour.

Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that summer recruits Juan Sebastian Veron and Ruud van Nistelrooy will be saved for Manchester United's bigger matches this season.

Juan Veron claims he is not sure he wants to join Manchester United and that he needs time to think over his future.

Juan Veron’s career is on the brink of ruin today after a federal prosecutor advised the Italian football federation (FIGC) to suspend the Lazio star for two years for obtaining a European passport by illegal means.

Juan Veron’s move to Manchester United is still up in the air - with the club insisting no deal has been agreed for the Argentinian midfielder.

Manchester United are reportedly set to break the British transfer record to bring Argentinian international Juan Veron to Old Trafford.