Luke Shaw was still in tears yesterday as he began his recovery from a double leg break that left his former manager Mauricio Pochettino “sick”.

Knoxville Bullet looks the banker bet on tonight’s seven-race card in Dundalk.

Ruud van Nistelrooy has been named as one of The Netherland’s assistant coaches.

We can’t wait to see what 2018 is like.

IT WAS easy to talk when we all lived under one roof and the disorder of family life had a tidy, house-shaped outline drawn firmly all around it.

Alex Ferguson managed some of the best players in world football during his time at Manchester United but insists unsung hero Denis Irwin would be the first name on his greatest team line-up.

You’ll probably have noticed, given the torrent of coverage, that Alex Ferguson talks about himself in the third person quite a bit in his new book.

Arsene Wenger has welcomed Alex Ferguson’s controversial autobiography but played down the Manchester United manager’s recollection of ’Pizzagate’ as nothing more than “a little unrest in the corridor” at Old Trafford.

Roy Keane last night issued a damning response to Alex Ferguson’s stinging criticism of him by declaring his former manager “doesn’t know the meaning of loyalty.”

Alex Ferguson spills the beans on Roy Keane, Wayne Rooney, David Beckham, Liverpool and being offered the England job.

Former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy believes Wayne Rooney has to leave the club if he is not 100% committed.

They say the measure of you as a coach or manager is what your players honestly think of you as a man 10 years after they’ve played for you.

Man United fan Jim Cahill has followed the club all his life. He writes about what it was like to be a fan before Ferguson arrived and what it might be like after his departure

PREMIER LEAGUE: Man Utd v Everton

Republic of Ireland exile Darron Gibson has revealed the thought of Champions League nights at Goodison is driving him to help Everton reach Europe’s elite competition.

Robin van Persie struck after 33 seconds as Manchester United edged past West Ham at Old Trafford.

Malaga striker Ruud van Nistelrooy has announced his retirement from football, at the age of 35.

Malaga striker Ruud van Nistelrooy has announced his retirement from football at the age of 35.

Arsenal striker Robin van Persie will be the clear favourite after being named among the nominees for PFA Players’ Player of the Year award today.

Holland striker Ruud van Nistelrooy may have played his last game for Hamburg after being ruled out for several weeks with a calf injury he sustained against Hannover on Saturday.

Holland coach Bert van Marwijk is hopeful that Robin van Persie will be fit for Arsenal duty this weekend after suffering an injury on international duty on Tuesday night.

Ruud van Nistelrooy is the latest potential big-name signing in Blackburn’s sights, manager Steve Kean has revealed.

Ruud van Nistelrooy will leave Hamburg in the summer after having his return to Real Madrid blocked by the Bundesliga club.

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy.

DAVID BECKHAM, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Jaap Stam, Paul Ince.

IT will be like a South African airlift today in Madrid as more than 2,200 Spanish fans fly out to join the 17,000 that are already in Johannesburg.

Hamburg striker Ruud van Nistelrooy feels his international career is over after he was left out of the Holland squad for the World Cup.

Ruud van Nistelrooy’s international career appears to be over after the veteran striker missed out on Bert van Marwijk’s 30-man preliminary World Cup squad today.

Hamburg 0 Fulham 0

WHAT a sublime-to-the-ridiculous week for travelling Reds.

Ruud van Nistelrooy has joined Hamburg on a one-and-a-half-year contract from Real Madrid, the German club have announced on their website.

TOTTENHAM manager Harry Redknapp admits Ruud van Nistelrooy’s wages means the Real Madrid striker is unlikely to arrive at White Hart Lane.

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp admits Ruud van Nistelrooy’s wages means the Real Madrid striker is unlikely to arrive at White Hart Lane.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp admits his interest in Ruud van Nistelrooy has only got as far as a chance conversation between the club’s chief scout and the player’s agent.

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has confirmed the club are interested in signing Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy on loan.

JAN MOLBY fears Liverpool’s will be unable to attract top quality players to Anfield due to their problems on and off the pitch.

WHOEVER said United don’t occasionally do something for the common good? Before kick-off on Sunday, the ‘magic’ of the FA Cup third round had consisted solely of making thousands of fans disappear from their usual stadium places.

Birmingham boss Alex McLeish will hold talks with Slovakia striker Jan Novak in the next 48 hours to see if there is any possibility of the player moving to St Andrew’s from MFK Kosice next month.

AC MILAN and Real Madrid shared the points to leave both on course for the Champions League second round.

TIME for some sympathy for the devil, me thinks.

Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce believes he has been priced out of a move for Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce would love to bring Ruud van Nistelrooy to Ewood Park – but has ruled out a move for ’injury-prone’ Michael Owen.

RUUD VAN NISTELROOY is set to miss the rest of the Primera Liga season due to a knee injury, Real Madrid confirmed yesterday.