Manchester United evening headlines as Wayne Rooney hits out at Sir Alex Ferguson tactics

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.

Wayne Rooney will manage England at Soccer Aid for Unicef at Old Trafford this September. England's all-time top scorer will take to the Old Trafford dugout alongside Sam Allardyce, who has been named co-manager, while David Seaman has been appointed goalkeeping coach.

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.

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 inboxPaul Scholes believes that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is following in the footsteps of Sir Alex Ferguson by handing opportunities to young players at Manchester United.Teden Mengi became the eighth academy graduate to make his debut for United this season, the first time that tally of debutants from the youth ranks has been hit since the 1950s.United have a proud history of blooding academy players into the first-team, evidenced by Mason Greenwood's and Marcus Rashford's rises to

straight to your inboxHere are the Manchester City evening headlines for Sunday, August 2Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney believes that Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne is one of the three best players on the planet.Rooney lined up against De Bruyne in two Machester derbies, losing one and drawing one, but lost 3-1 against City after he had joined Everton.

Kevin De Bruyne on the field. And the Manchester United legend believes that his former Manchester City foe is one of the three best players on the planet at the moment.

straight to your inboxWayne Rooney believes Sir Alex Ferguson's tactics in the 2009 and 2011 Champions League finals were wrong.United went into the 2009 final in Rome as defending champions but were beaten despite having early chances, with goals from Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi securing a 2-0 win for Barcelona.

straight to your inbox Nemanja Matic insists Manchester United are aiming to challenge for the Premier League title next season. United finished third in the recent domestic season to qualify for the Champions League after an unbeaten 14-match league run that stretched back to January.

straight to your inboxRio Ferdinand has revealed how both he and Wayne Rooney were proven wrong by two of Sir Alex Ferguson's signings at Manchester United.The two United greats were sceptical when the club announced the arrivals of both Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra in January 2006, and early showings in training did little to change their minds.Ferguson looked to strengthen his squad with the acquisition of the defensive duo midway through the season, and it is safe to say Rooney's and

straight to your inboxKlopp's phone call to FergusonSir Alex Ferguson presented the LMA Manager of the Year trophy to Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, after the German guided his team to the Premier League title after a 30-year wait. In his video speech, Ferguson revealed that Klopp had phoned him after the title was confirmed as Liverpool’s - at half-past three in the morning.

straight to your inbox Manchester United great Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp rang him in the early hours to tell him that the Merseyside club had won the Premier League title. Klopp guided Liverpool to their first league title in 30 years and has now been awarded the trophy named after the former United boss as he was named LMA manager of the year for the 2019/20 season.

United centre-back won the Premier League in his debut season at Old Trafford in 2002/03 but the club then went through a fallow period, with Arsenal and Chelsea sharing titles in 2004, 2005 and 2006. United would then come good again under Ferguson, winning three successive titles and the 2008 Champions League after the legendary Scottish manager had rebuilt his side.