Robin van Persie names four Manchester United players among six best ever teammates

straight to your inbox every day for freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer intends to honour the traditions of Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex Ferguson by building his Manchester United side around "pace, power and quick attacks".United face a record-breaking Manchester City side at the Etihad today and the success Pep Guardiola has achieved at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City has led to some copycat ideas in how the game is played.Guardiola has rewritten the coaching manual during his managerial career and his

straight to your inbox every day for freeSir Alex Ferguson has said he feared he would never be able to speak again after suffering a brain haemorrhage in 2018.

straight to your inbox every day for freeSir Alex Ferguson was sat at home on a snowy January night in 2010 when his phone beeped with a text message."I don't know whether you remember me," it started."But I need to call you."Remember him he did. It was from Ruud van Nistelrooy."He left four years ago!" Sir Alex exclaimed to wife Cathy. "Maybe he'd like to come back to United?" she replied.Ferguson was bemused. What could he possibly want?The legendary manger simply replied "OK". His phone lit

straight to your inbox every day for freeRio Ferdinand believes that Manchester United made a mistake when they hired David Moyes to replace Sir Alex Ferguson.Ferguson announced his retirement before the end of the 2012/13 season and infamously handpicked Moyes from Everton, who was then dubbed 'The Chosen One' in reference to Jose Mourinho's previous 'Special One' moniker.Moyes lasted less than a season in the Old Trafford hotseat, and Ferdinand, who was at the club at the time, has since said

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United could look to sign Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane this summer - 10 years on from Sir Alex Ferguson’s near-miss. Ferguson came close to signing an 18-year-old Varane from French club Lens in 2011 only to be thwarted by Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane.

straight to your inbox every day for freeAndy Cole believes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is paying the price for his own cautious tactics in some games for Manchester United this season.The former United striker has criticised the approach of his former Old Trafford teammate and claimed the Norwegian is going against a key piece of Sir Alex Ferguson advice.

straight to your inboxGary Neville believes Pep Guardiola is following Sir Alex Ferguson's example by building a new era at Manchester City.City continued their fantastic form on Saturday, stretching their winning run to 20 consecutive victories by beating West Ham 2-1. As a result, it extended their lead at the top of the Premier League table to 12 points, making them firm favourites to clinch their third title in four years.

straight to your inbox every day for freeThe last time Manchester United scored from open play against one of the 'big six' in the Premier League was in the last game they played in front of a capacity crowd.Next week marks a year since the roar from Old Trafford rippled across the River Irwell to greet Scott McTominay's clincher in the derby.

straight to your inbox every day for freeIn his 13 years at Manchester United Luke Giverin's greatest moment came at the Etihad.Born in Salford and raised in a family of Reds, Giverin took particular satisfaction in scoring United's second goal in a 2-0 win over City in the Manchester Senior Cup final in May 2012.His injury-time goal secured victory and as he ran off to celebrate he was pulled to the ground by Paul Pogba and mobbed by his teammates.Rather than being the start of something,

straight to your inboxRio Ferdinand has warned Manchester City that they must follow Sir Alex Ferguson's advice and not peak too early in their pursuit of silverware.Pep Guardiola 's side strolled to a 2-0 first-leg victory in their Champions League knockout tie with Borussia Monchengladbach on Wednesday night.

straight to your inbox every day for freePaul Scholes has recalled the 'wow' moment he had while watching one of Sir Alex Ferguson's marquee summer signings train for the first time. Having progressed through Manchester United's academy as part of the famous Class of 92, former Old Trafford favourite Scholes has played with some of the best players in the club's history.

straight to your inbox every day for freeThe date was 16 October, 1968.

straight to your inbox every day for free"Luis Suarez is a disgrace to Liverpool Football Club. He should not be allowed to play for Liverpool again."It was a terrible start to the game and it created a terrible atmosphere."He could have caused a riot."Sir Alex Ferguson wasn't mincing his words after Manchester United's ill-tempered encounter against their North Western neighbours at Old Trafford in 2012.A game which needed no extra antagonism was about to reach fever pitch.Vicious challenges, a