Manchester United have completed the signing of Brazil defender Alex Telles from Porto on a four-year contract. United are understood to have agreed a fee for £13. 5million plus £1.

The Stretford End were hoping for Jadon Sancho following a high-profile four-month chase but that deal couldn't be done

Comparisons do not flatter Solskjaer. His season has been dreadful so far, and not merely because he has been outmanoeuvred by Mourinho and Roy Hodgson

The Athletic came up with a corker the other day. What is the biggest club in English football?

Matt Doherty is now certain to start against the Slovaks, if he wasn't already.

Nobody is denying that Manchester United have bigger problems than their manager. But he is still a problem

The other all-Premier League tie in Thursday evening’s draw saw Everton paired against Manchester United.

A collection of lines that never grow old RTÉ’s umpteenth screening recently of the 1995 episode of Reeling in the Years prompted the usual tut in our house

Manchester United will take on last season’s runners-up Paris St Germain as well as RB Leipzig and Istanbul Basaksehir.

In a game which lacked almost all of the drama from the Premier League meeting at the Amex Stadium four days earlier, the visitors advanced with a deserved 3-0 victory

The Waterford-born 17-year-old was reportedly offered a three-year contract to stay at Old Trafford but turned down the deal.

Doherty was ‘pleasantly surprised’ by Mourinho’s sense of humour, saying real Jose bears little relation to his popular perception

While the strange landscape of Covid football has led many to stumble, Brendan Rodgers and his team appear sure-footed and confident

Jose Mourinho has praised the way Dele Alli has handled being frozen out of recent Tottenham squads.

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Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes football is a “different game” this season as a mix of controversial rule changes and unprecedented circumstances throw up wild results.

Tottenham goalkeeping coach Nuno Santos has been hit with a one-match ban and an £8,000 fine for confronting referee Peter Bankes after Sunday’s 1-1 Premier League draw with Newcastle.

Luke Shaw wants to see more of Manchester United’s youngsters get a chance in Wednesday’s Carabao Cup tie at Brighton.

This was a direct challenge to generational distrust of ‘the high line’

Defenders Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw and, in particular, Eric Bailly produced displays which left question marks hanging over whether they are simply good enough