Louis van Gaal is thankful for Alex Ferguson’s support but well aware failing to finish the campaign with a flourish will put his Manchester United future in jeopardy.

Last week, after pointing out that our victory at Anfield shouldn’t deflect attention from the continuing awfulness of our performances, I concluded: “all we have done is given LVG a free pass for another couple of weeks, without settling any of the bigger questions.”

The X Factor’s Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Louis Walsh “have never liked each other”, Simon Cowell has said.

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Neither club is in the Champions League or Europa League this season and they are exploring the options of playing each other in a lucrative one-off game, almost certainly in the Middle East.

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Manchester United will join Manchester City and Liverpool for a grand pre-season tournament in the United States, but David Moyes may have to pull his team out if they are forced to go through Europa League qualifying.

Manchester United have announced the acquisition of the one-third stake in their in-house television channel, MUTV, which was owned by BSkyB.

Manchester United’s prolific commercial team have confirmed two new sponsorship deals.

Rylan Clark has landed a presenting job on 'Daybreak'.

Strictly Come Dancing lit up Wembley Arena tonight with “jewel of the Nile” Denise Van Outen achieving the highest score of the series.

Denise Van Outen topped the leaderboard on last night's 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

Strictly Come Dancing stretched its lead in the ratings war with X Factor by more than two million last night – its biggest for six years.

Denise Van Outen has waltzed back to the top of the Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard.

Denise Van Outen topped the Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard for the second week in a row tonight as the glitz and glamour of Hollywood ruled the dancefloor.

Johnny Ball has welcomed the return of the dance-off on 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

Denise Van Outen is worried she and 'Strictly Come Dancing' partner James Jordan are going to get into trouble - because they're both "mischievous".

Kimberley Walsh claims Cheryl Cole bullied her into taking part in this year's 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

Olympic stars Victoria Pendleton and Louis Smith are set to take on their next challenge – doing the cha cha cha on 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

The 'Strictly Come Dancing' line up was revealed last night.

Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh is the latest celebrity to be unveiled as a contestant in the forthcoming series of 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

Former Westlife star Nicky Byrne confirmed he is to step off his stool and take to the floor as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.

Manchester United have signed a ground-breaking agreement for Toshiba Medical Systems to become the club’s official partner.

Manchester United commercial director Richard Arnold claims the club are only starting to scratch the surface of the mammoth global opportunities available to them.

Manchester United commercial director Richard Arnold claims the club are only starting to scratch the surface of the mammoth global opportunities available to them.

Manchester United today announced a seven-year shirt sponsorship deal with General Motors.

Manchester United have claimed almost 10% of the world’s population support Alex Ferguson’s team.

Manchester United look set for another record-breaking year off the pitch after posting a healthy 16.5% increase in first-quarter turnover to £73.8m.

The Manchester United Supporters Trust have repeated their call for the Glazer family to use the proceeds from their intended Singapore Stock Market flotation to wipe away the club’s massive debt.

Manchester United insist their merchandising sales are rising despite reports emerging claiming they have suffered a 10% drop in revenue.

MANCHESTER UNITED will post their second quarter results financial results today.

Manchester United look certain to be the first Premier League club to break the £100m barrier for commercial revenue alone.

Manchester United are expected to become the first English club to crash through the £100m (€114m) barrier when they announce their latest operating profit later today.

MANCHESTER UNITED are only “taking baby steps” with their new commercial strategy, despite managing to unveil three major deals in a week.

Nasa, confronted again with orbiting junk, ordered the astronauts aboard the linked space station and shuttle Discovery to move out of the path of a piece of debris.

Manchester United are set to announce a massive increase in turnover to £245m later this week.

A British judge has rejected a bid by American rockers Linkin Park to trademark its name for use on posters - leaving shopkeepers free to sell unofficial pin-ups of the stars.

EastEnders scraped a best soap win at the Inside Soap Awards tonight despite ratings falling to an all-time low.

Melinda Messenger is returning to TV as host of a new daytime talk show.

Will it be number one? Davina, a bubbly brunette with plenty of experience hosting live TV shows including Popstars and Big Brother.

Leinster’s toughest task to date saw them maintain their 100% record in all competitions following their 19 point win over Newcastle in Donnybrook tonight.

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