Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney both returned for Manchester United as the Barclays Premiership leaders looked to consolidate their six-point lead at the expense of rock-bottom Watford.

New signing Djimi Traore is cup-tied as Portsmouth visit Manchester United for their fourth-round FA Cup clash at Old Trafford.

Owen Hargreaves expects his £17m (€24.8m) move to Manchester United to be completed by the end of the week.

Rome‘s Prefect of Police Achille Serra has claimed his men had no choice but to quell trouble between Roma and Manchester United supporters on Wednesday and claimed the officers on duty had come under threat from English supporters.

A leading Italian politician has blamed Manchester United fans for the violence that erupted inside the Stadio Olimpico in the Champions League clash with Roma on Wednesday.

Birmingham manager Steve Bruce is optimistic of completing the loan signing of Portsmouth striker Andy Cole in the next 24 hours.

Manchester United have confirmed Mikael Silvestre has dislocated his right shoulder.

Gabriel Heinze’s representatives tried to bypass Manchester United’s block on the player moving to Liverpool by engineering a move to Crystal Palace first, it can be revealed.

Kieran Richardson is looking forward to playing under Manchester United legend Roy Keane after swapping Old Trafford for Sunderland.

Manchester United have agreed a Celtic double-header on August 8 to conclude preparations for the defence of their Premier League title.

Sven-Goran Eriksson has moved to deny reports that he could be head-hunted by Chelsea.

Wayne Rooney returned to the Manchester United starting line-up tonight as Alex Ferguson’s men looked to reclaim second spot in the Premier League table with victory over Fulham.

Alan Smith insists he would be “ready” to return as a substitute for Manchester United’s Premiership match with Tottenham on Saturday.

Alex Ferguson will leave it up to Louis Saha and Cristiano Ronaldo to decide who takes Manchester United’s next penalty.

Gay rights campaigners have urged Paul Scholes to apologise after the Manchester United midfielder allegedly made a homophobic remark during the Champions League victory over Benfica.

Denis Law claims Chelsea have little chance of overtaking Manchester United and Real Madrid as the world’s leading club during his lifetime.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson had only 10 senior outfield players available at the start of his side's final training session ahead of tomorrow's Champions League semi-final first leg against AC Milan.

Frank Lampard believes competition for Chelsea at the top of the Premiership is healthy for English football.

Alex Ferguson has virtually abandoned hope of Gary Neville and Louis Saha featuring for Manchester United in next weekend’s FA Cup final.

Manchester United supporters are facing ticket price rises of up to 14% next season.