Manchester United are making a change in the transfer window

straight to your inboxFor someone who barred more people than a landlord Sir Alex Ferguson could also be media friendly, especially with ITV on European nights. It was once the norm that Ferguson would not just chat to Gary Newbon or Gabriel Clarke before and after a game but at half-time.United's Champions League qualifier against Dinamo Bucharest in 2004 was a side-bar to the following morning's headlines.

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 Manchester United are well aware of their next challenge in the summer transfer window.

straight to your inboxManchester United bosses are split on whether to make a move for RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano this summer or wait for another year, according to reports.United are prioritising strengthening their attacking options in the transfer window and are closing in on confirming Ajax's Donny van de Beek as their first signing.However, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has also not ruled out a move for a new centre-back and Upamecano is one of the names to be linked after a fine season at

straight to your inboxJoshua King has admitted he was desperate to join Manchester United in the January transfer window and would welcome his former side reigniting their interest in him.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was keen to sign a new forward but was unable to secure the signing of Erling Haaland who opted to join Borussia Dortmund.United attempted to sign their former academy forward King on deadline day but the move was blocked by Bournemouth.

straight to your inbox Gary Neville suggests there is no 'desperate' need for Manchester United to sign Jadon Sancho in the summer transfer window. England international Sancho remains United's priority target even after the imminent arrival of Donny van de Beek with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer keen to reinforce his attack by adding the £108m-rated forward before the transfer window closes on October 5.

straight to your inboxNetherlands boss Dwight Lodeweges has revealed that Donny van de Beek’s £40million move to Manchester United is “almost done”.United are set to complete the £40.1 million move for the Ajax midfielder after he passed a medical on Monday and agreed personal terms. Only the paperwork is left to be finalised to complete what will be United's first signing of the summer transfer window.

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 are poised to make Donny van de Beek their first signing in the summer transfer window. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side have agreed a fee with Ajax for the creative midfielder and are confident of a deal after talks progressed over the weekend.

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

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.

straight to your inboxManchester United fans have told Jack Grealish that he needs to move to Old Trafford in order to earn his long-awaited England call up.Gareth Southgate announced his 24-man squad for the Three Lions' upcoming Nations League games against Iceland and Denmark on Tuesday and there were several eyebrows raised when Grealish wasn't named in it.It came as a surprise because the creative midfielder had a brilliant season on his return to the Premier League, scoring 10 goals and

straight to your inboxRyan Giggs has heaped praise on former Manchester United coach Carlos Quieroz for his role in helping the Reds defeat Chelsea on penalties in the 2008 Champions League final.Sir Alex Ferguson guided his United team to the final in Moscow after knocking out Barcelona and took an early lead through Cristiano Ronaldo's header.

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.