A hit musical based on Manchester United captain Roy Keane’s infamous walk-out from the Irish football team at the World Cup may be staged in the UK.

Alex Ferguson’s plans to challenge Barclays Premiership champions Chelsea could be hampered by financial restrictions at Old Trafford in the wake of the Malcolm Glazer takeover.

Referees’ chief Keith Hackett has defended Peter Walton for his conduct during Manchester United’s clash with Tottenham.

Manchester United chief executive David Gill insists Wayne Rooney is not for sale at any price even though the Glazer family’s Old Trafford buy-out has landed them £500m (€739.6m) in debt.

Manchester United officials remain relaxed about securing Rio Ferdinand on a long-term contract even though his advisor Pini Zahavi claims talks over a new deal have reached deadlock.

US businessman Malcolm Glazer was today in a position to end Manchester United’s 14-year stretch as a stock market-listed company.

Manchester United should seek an experienced replacement for Alex Ferguson rather than turn to novice boss Roy Keane, according to David Pleat.

Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy is staying at the club, according to chief executive David Gill.

Rio Ferdinand looks certain to turn out for Manchester United at Wolves on January 17 even though his eight-month ban is due to start five days earlier.

Today’s expected racecourse protests by Manchester United supporters have failed to materialise so far at Sandown and Chepstow.

Cheltenham racecourse officials expect to be able to tell a group of Manchester United fans in the next few days whether they can stage a protest at next month’s Festival meeting.

John O’Shea, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Rio Ferdinand, Tim Howard and Cristiano Ronaldo are among a clutch of new entries into the top all-time Old Trafford heroes.

Rigorous security checks will be carried out at Manchester United’s match against Liverpool this weekend, British police said today.

Alex Ferguson will not appeal against his two-match touchline ban and £10,000 (€14,000) fine imposed for abusing match officials, it was announced today.

Shares in Manchester United advanced today as a Russian oil mogul became the latest millionaire to be linked with a bid for the Premiership champions.

Bolton manager Sam Allardyce is ready to hand new signing Javi Moreno a début against Manchester United on Wednesday.

Manchester United will be without Cristiano Ronaldo for four Premiership games, a Champions League qualifier and their trip to the United States after he was included in Portugal’s squad for the Olympic games.

After a domestic high and a foreign low within the last week, Manchester United travel to one of their least favourite grounds of recent times tomorrow.

Former Manchester United and Wales star Mickey Thomas believes the Welsh Football Association will struggle to hold onto national boss Mark Hughes if he is offered the chance to work alongside Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford.

Manchester United kit-man Albert Morgan has emerged as an unlikely key component of Ruud van Nistelrooy’s phenomenal goalscoring run.