Owen Hargreaves and Gary Neville were the big-name absentees for Manchester United as Alex Ferguson’s side headed to Denmark for the Champions League clash with Aalborg.

Owen Hargreaves returns to the Manchester United side for today's Premier League trip to Reading after recovering from a rib injury.

UEFA have urged Manchester United and Chelsea fans not to travel to Moscow for the Champions League final unless they have a valid match ticket.

The Champions League Final will not be shown on big screens in Manchester, the City Council said today.

The agent of Real Madrid forward Robinho claims Chelsea are prepared to offer around £28m to take the Brazil star to Stamford Bridge.

Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard has kept faith with the majority of the squad that played in last week’s goalless Champions League semi-final first leg against Manchester United for Tuesday’s return encounter.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is confident Wayne Rooney will be fit for the Champions League final with Chelsea on May 21 even if he does not make Sunday’s title crunch at Wigan.

Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic is determined to get his hands on the Champions League trophy and banish the memory of last season’s European campaign once and for all.

Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed he will make an announcement on his future plans in the next “two to three days”.

Manager Alex Ferguson made three changes as Manchester United looked to extend their lead at the top of the table at the expense of Middlesbrough.

UEFA’s director of communications William Gaillard has warned that Rome could be stripped of hosting the 2009 Champions League final if there are violent scenes at this week’s game between Roma and Manchester United.

Alex Ferguson has confirmed star trio Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick and Wes Brown have agreed new contracts with Manchester United.

Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano has admitted a Football Association charge of improper conduct and has requested a personal hearing.

Manchester United centre-back Rio Ferdinand has revealed plans to follow Alex Ferguson into management.

Niko Kranjcar is a major doubt for Portsmouth’s home clash with Manchester United on Monday after limping off with an ankle injury during Croatia’s 3-2 midweek win in Slovenia.

Alex Ferguson has declared Wayne Rooney fit for Manchester United’s Barclays Premier League clash with Newcastle on Sunday – but refused to be drawn on reports that Dimitar Berbatov is about to sign from Tottenham.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson praised his side’s concentration after a 1-0 victory over Manchester City in this afternoon’s derby at Eastlands.

Carlos Tevez rejected overtures from Real Madrid this summer because he was happy to commit his future to Manchester United.

Rio Ferdinand has backed his Manchester United and England team-mate Wayne Rooney to step out of Cristiano Ronaldo’s shadow and terrorise defences across the continent this season.

Manchester United new-boy Zoran Tosic could be ready to make his first-team debut by the end of February.