Striker Dimitar Berbatov is resigned to leaving Manchester United.

Wayne Rooney has been given an extended break, in order to get fit for the European Championship. It has emerged the striker was playing while injured for Manchester United in the last games of the Premier League season.

Perhaps Italian men really are more comfortable with displays of emotion; or maybe someone had simply warned Rino Gattuso that Joe Jordan was waiting by the bike shed. One way or another, all those years scrupulously devoted to the cultivation of his image as some hirsute, snarling, tunnelling football nemesis – one who caused effete midfielders throughout Europe to wake up howling, their sheets torn and drenched in sweat – have finally been laid waste.

Former England striker Michael Owen will search for a new club this summer after confirmation he will be released by Manchester United.

Lifting the trophy in Munich tomorrow could prove the midfielder is the club's greatest player

Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez appears to have no intention of apologising to Sir Alex Ferguson for holding a banner mocking the Manchester United manager.

Manchester United will continue to compete with their neighbours, the newly crowned champions, Manchester City, and will do so with Sir Alex Ferguson at the helm "for many more years".

Hodgson leaves United defender out of his  England squad but takes a chance on Carroll

Manchester City may have wrestled the title from their grasp, but Manchester United were today awarded two prestigious honours for their dominance of the Premier League.

Patrice Evra has complete faith in Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson's ability to bring in the right players to bolster the Red Devils squad this summer.

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Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand is the latest England player to have his fitness for this summer's European Championship put in doubt, which could lead to a reprieve for another former captain, Chelsea's John Terry.

Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted it will be agony on Sunday waiting to hear whether Manchester United can profit from "something stupid" happening to Manchester City.