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'I thought I was retiring. I played the last 15 games and felt pretty good. I was in the office and David Gill rang me and said that Sir Alex Ferguson wanted me to stay next year': Manchester United legend reveals being persuaded to continue playing

Manchester United players were told to reconsider retirement by Sir Alex Ferguson

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‘Sir Alex told Van Persie to watch my goal back at Anfield for some shooting tips! It was a beautiful goal, though. It’s a shame that I didn’t do it more often’: Manchester United cult hero recalls stunning strike against Liverpool

Manchester United won the game 2-1 at Liverpool in September 2012, with Robin van Persie told to learn from the incredible strike from the side's cult hero

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Ruben Amorim is in a rush to get Manchester United challenging at the top again

The United boss feels he will not get three or four years to win something like Sir Alex Ferguson did when he took charge of the club.

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Ranked! The 100 best Premier League players ever

The best Premier League players ever, as we rank the ultimate icons who defined over three decades of thrills and spills

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Scotland 0 Greece 3 (agg 1-3): Steve Clarke's men relegated after Hampden humiliation

Scotland crashed to a humiliating 3-0 defeat to Greece at Hampden tonight and were relegated from the top flight of the Nations League as a result.

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Sir Alex Ferguson set for return to the dugout this weekend to coach infamous Manchester United star

Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson won a whopping 38 trophies during his spell at Old Trafford

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'Every time I get sacked from a managerial job, I get a text from Sir Alex Ferguson': Manchester United legend reveals how former boss offers condolences

Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson always keeps an eye on how his former players are faring in management...

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'Astonishing': Debt-ridden Manchester United plan £2bn stadium – with Labour support

FURY has met plans from Manchester United for a new £2 billion stadium – financially backed by the Labour Government ...

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Neville, Keano, Wazza: old boys’ cosy punditry cohort pulling no punches

A Manchester United player of 2025 has even fewer places to hide than his 1990s Liverpool equivalent in this era of social media content

The Guardian - UK

Which horses running at Cheltenham do Sir Alex Ferguson and Harry Redknapp own?

Many famous football figures will be keeping an eye on Cheltenham Festival - and how one could win up to £375,000

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Liverpool need to prove Gary Lineker right after brutal comparison to Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United

Gary Lineker has hailed Liverpool for the way they handled Jurgen Klopp's exit compared with Sir Alex Ferguson's departure from Manchester United

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'Our goal is to win the Premier League, maybe it's not with me' Ruben Amorim gives frank view of Manchester United's revival prospects

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim remains bullish about the club's prospects of returning to the top of English football, but knows it will take a long time yet

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Ruben Amorim has made Manchester United worse – is there a decision to make?

The club sit 15th in the Premier League - perhaps short-term pain under Amorim will lead to long-term gain, but so far, there is scant evidence it will

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Manchester United legend Robin van Persie lined up for shock return to former side as manager

Robin van Persie, formerly of Manchester United, moved into senior management last year and has impressed enough to earn himself a massive move

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'I was in the spotlight of big clubs: Arsenal was concrete and Manchester United was concrete - but Feyenoord was the dream' Star name drops Premier League clubs as having fought for his signature

A former Dutch youth international has been looking back at his decision to snub two Premier League big hitters

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Why Arsenal can take hope from history: A look at the Premier League’s biggest point chases

Liverpool opened up a nine-point gap at the top with their win over Everton – so what hope can Arsenal have of catching the Reds?

The Guardian - UK

Ratcliffe is being cast as Scrooge but Glazers made Manchester United’s mess

Time will tell if the Ineos chief’s severe cost-cutting pays off, but this is a club that has been mismanaged for years

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Ratcliffe believes latest Manchester United job cuts will help club avoid going bust

Sir Jim Ratcliffe believes cutting about 200 more jobs at Manchester United is necessary to help the club avoid going bust, the Guardian understands

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‘People say the 1990 FA Cup put Sir Alex Ferguson on the road to success, but beating Barcelona gave us the confidence to take on the best and go for league titles’: Manchester United legend pinpoints turning point under Scottish manager's tenure

Manchester United won two trophies in two years under Sir Alex Ferguson, and former player Lee Sharpe highlights one was much more important...

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‘To keep a clean sheet on debut at Old Trafford was special, but I was lucky that John Fashanu and Vinnie Jones didn’t play – they caused problems’: Ex-Manchester United goalkeeper reflects on facing Wimbledon's Crazy Gang aged just 18

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson threw an 18-year-old goalkeeper in at the deep end in 1990

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Cristiano Ronaldo remains prolific at 40 – so can he break 1,000-goal barrier?

Ronaldo’s 923 career goals leave him perhaps less than two years from an almighty milestone – while he continues to score at a phenomenal rate for Al-Nassr and Portugal

The Independent UK

They don’t look great – David Moyes sweats on Calvert-Lewin and Mangala injuries

The pair limped out of Everton’s 1-0 win at Brighton.

The Guardian - UK

Everton hope to send Broja back to Chelsea in exchange for midfielder

Everton want to return the injured Armando Broja to Chelsea and take Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall or Carney Chukwuemeka on loan

The Independent UK

Retirement is not for me – Lennie Lawrence still going strong at 77

The Hartlepool boss is targeting another promotion.

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Managers who won European trophies at two clubs

Winning a European trophy makes a manager pretty special. Doing it at two different clubs is elite. Here, a look at some who achieved it in the men's game...

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