Manager Louis van Gaal left Manchester United's team hotel declaring "It's over" today as reports indicated he was about to be replaced by Jose Mourinho.

Leicester 1, Manchester United 2: Zlatan Ibrahimovic headed home a late debut goal to secure a 2-1 victory for Jose Mourinho's Manchester United against Premier League champions Leicester in the Community Shield.

The extraordinary announcement came after a controlled explosion was carried out on the item.

Wayne Rooney ended his 878-minute goal drought with a fine hat-trick as Manchester United destroyed Club Brugge.

"It is worth having a couple of years on the quiet side of success because they will always come back and come back strong."

Louis van Gaal is convinced Manchester United can discover their killer instinct in front of goal again and avoid an embarrassingly early exit from the Champions League.

Bournemouth picked up a second prized Premier League scalp in a week as they beat Manchester United at the Vitality Stadium.

Alex Ferguson is certain he is doing the right thing by introducing another batch of talented youngsters to his Manchester United first-team squad.

Alex Ferguson expects to have Phil Jones and Chris Smalling back for Manchester United's Premier League trip to Arsenal on Sunday.

Carlo Ancelotti admitted Chelsea face an uphill task to retain their league title despite their £75m spending spree this week.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will return to Norway in January openly admitting he hopes to return one day and become Manchester United manager.

Alex Ferguson has branded Manchester United’s 2-2 draw with West Brom this afternoon “inexplicable”.

Arsene Wenger has enough to worry about at Arsenal than concern himself too much on whether Wayne Rooney will leave Manchester United.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson would not be surprised if English clubs dominated the Champions League again this season.

Anders Lindegaard has declared his intention to succeed Edwin van der Sar as Manchester United number one by stating: “I am not here just to sit and pick my nose.”

Liverpool legends Kevin Keegan, John Barnes and Steve McManaman today insisted Roy Hodgson could survive as Liverpool manager, despite him appearing on the brink of the sack.

Leeds manager Simon Grayson is confident his players will begin tomorrow’s FA Cup third round tie with fierce rivals Manchester United believing that they can win.

Manchester United 4 AC Milan 0 (United win 7-2 on aggregate)

Rio Ferdinand wants to finish his career with Manchester United.

Phil Jagielka has picked up two major club awards and may even find himself with a new contract soon.