Manchester United great Ryan Giggs names unsung hero from 2008 Champions League final win

United midfielder was appointed a little more than a year ago to assist Neil Wood, as the pair successfully took the youth side back into the top tier of U23s football last season. Fortune spent seven years at United as a player under Sir Alex Ferguson between 1999 and 2006, making 126 appearances for the first team.

straight to your inbox Bruno Fernandes could have ended up at Manchester City last year and the Manchester United playmaker still ended up assisting one of their players on Saturday night. Fernandes laid on the opener for Joao Cancelo in Portugal's impressive 4-1 Nations League win over Croatia in Porto without Cristiano Ronaldo whatsoever to get the holders' campaign off to a superb start.

straight to your inbox When analysing Manchester United's fall from supremacy since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson, it is not just the drop-off in points and the string of failures to challenge for the title that stands out. To get the statistical element out of the way, United averaged 83 points a season in the 21 years between Ferguson's first title and last.

straight to your inbox Manchester United could be signing the next Frank Lampard in Donny van de Beek according to a former Ajax and Chelsea star. The Reds are expected to wrap up a deal for the midfielder worth up to £40.1m, their first signing of the summer.

straight to your inboxManchester United legend, and one of the greatest left-backs ever to grace the English game, Patrice Evra has been in action for Middlesex County League side Brentham FC this weekend - but why?The 39-year-old made 379 appearances during his time at Old Trafford, winning the Premier League five times and lifting the Champions League in 2008 under Sir Alex Ferguson.He also counts Juventus, Marseille, Monaco and West Ham amongst his former clubs as well as being capped 81

straight to your inboxManchester United fans have urged the club to make a move for Cristiano Ronaldo if Lionel Messi ends up joining rivals Manchester City this summer.The Barcelona superstar handed in a transfer request on Tuesday and aims to leave the club on a free transfer thanks to a clause in his contract.

to United.Ferguson gave the Portuguese "one piece of advice" during his United tenure, which was to swoop for the Spurs playmaker, whose first game against United was as a teenager for MK Dons in the now infamous 4-0 League Cup defeat in 2014. An 18-year-old Alli ran riot against a second string United side that night.That was against Louis van Gaal's United and it's clear Alli made an impression on Ferguson, even after he then moved to Tottenham, as Mourinho revealed.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Frank Lampard, putting a major emphasis on youth and playing attacking football, for different reasons.The league table does not lie and the fact United and Chelsea finished level on points in third and fourth place respectively, tells the full story.

straight to your inboxIf anything is bound to worsen the mood of Manchester United supporters it is they are three days away from taking their longest to sign a player in the summer for 12 years.United are still some way off from feeling pain worse than a hip replacement - Sir Alex Ferguson's colourful description of negotiations with Daniel Levy over Dimitar Berbatov in 2008.

straight to your inboxYorke compares United star Martial to RonaldoFormer Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke has hailed Anthony Martial’s development in a central striker role in recent months, comparing the France international to Cristiano Ronaldo.Martial enjoyed his best United goal return in 2019/20, with 23 goals in all competitions, the majority coming when playing through the middle. "A number nine is a very unique position, they are a rare breed" Yorke told talkSPORT.

straight to your inboxFormer Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke has urged Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to have patience with Anthony Martial as the club's first-choice central striker, using Cristiano Ronaldo and Thierry Henry as prime examples.The Frenchman has been pushed back down the middle this season after being reunited with his favoured number nine shirt.Martial enjoyed his best goal-scoring season at the club with 23 goals, particularly hitting form after the season restarted in

straight to your inbox Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits Manchester United 'lost their way' after Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement. Ferguson botched the managerial handover in 2013 by anointing David Moyes, who lasted 10 months before the authoritarian Louis van Gaal took over.

straight to your inbox Copenhagen coach Stale Solbakken says Guillermo Varela is not nasty enough as he prepares to face former club Manchester United in the Europa League quarter-final. Varela became the first United signing after Sir Alex Ferguson retired in the summer of 2013 but did not make his debut until December 2015.

straight to your inboxRio Ferdinand has outlined how impressed he was by Sir Alex Ferguson's use of youngsters in big matches.Ferguson was no stranger to an out-of-the blue team selection during his tenure as Manchester United manager, often throwing young players in at the deep end. One of those occasions saw Darron Gibson start for United in a must-win game against Bayern Munich in the 2009/10 Champions League quarter-finals.

straight to your inboxManchester United fans are baffled as to why Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hasn't been nominated for the Premier League Manager of the Season award, but Frank Lampard and Brendan Rodgers have.The Chelsea and Leicester City managers were named on the four-man shortlist for the accolade on Friday along with the clear favourite in Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and likely runner up Chris Wilder, after his remarkable campaign with Sheffield United.While supporters seem to have no qualms

straight to your inboxHere are the Manchester United evening headlines for Sunday, August 2.Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney believes that Sir Alex Ferguson got it tactically wrong during both the 2009 and 2011 Champions League finals.The Reds were defeated in both games by Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona, losing 2-0 in 2009 and 3-1 at Wembley two years later.And Rooney, who scored United’s equaliser in the 2011 final, believes the club should have approached both games in a more pragmatic

straight to your inbox Nemanja Vidic has hailed the unseen impact of Edwin van der Sar on his partnership with Rio Ferdinand at the heart of the Manchester United defence. Vidic and Ferdinand struck up an iconic partnership in the United backline under Sir Alex Ferguson, winning five Premier League titles together and making a combined 755 appearances for the club.