Police plea to avoid one last party weekend before 'rule of six' coronavirus crackdown on Monday

straight to your inbox Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has slammed England manager Gareth Southgate over his decision to drop Mason Greenwood and Phil Foden from the England squad.

straight to your inboxJoleon Lescott has praised Manchester City starlet Phil Foden for his football intelligence and has backed the youngster to gain more first-team minutes after the departure of David Silva.Foden started City's first Premier League games of the season on Monday night and was on the scoresheet in their 3-1 victory over Wolves.With Silva drawing an end to his 10-year stay in Manchester, there is an expectation that Foden could step into his shoes this season.Pep Guardiola

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has blasted Phil Foden’s critics and suggested they should spend more time policing their own behaviour.But the Manchester City boss stopped short of laying into England manager Gareth Southgate, who aroused Ole Gunnar Solskaer’s ire over the way Manchester United starlet Mason Greenwood was treated.Greenwood and Foden found themselves on the front pages after entertaining two Icelandic women in the team hotel after making their England debuts in a 1-0 win in

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has picked a team that does not include new signing Donny van de Beek or returning goalkeeper Dean Henderson, with both players on the bench. Timothy Fosu-Mensah also plays at right-back, with Aaron Wan-Bissaka a surprise omission.

Stockport will not pull out of the region’s controversial development masterplan ahead of its latest draft being released next month.Councillors voted against withdrawing from the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) at a heated town hall meeting last night.The Liberal Democrat group tabled a motion calling for the authority to concentrate on developing its own local plan, claiming the government’s intention to radically overhaul the planning system would soon render the GMSF ‘redundant’

straight to your inboxManchester United fans have laughed off suggestions from Liverpool supporters that their new signing Thiago Alcantara is a better piece of business than the Reds re-signing Paul Pogba from Juventus.Thiago has dominated the headlines since the transfer window opened after signalling his intention to leave Bayern Munich with just one year remaining on his current contract.

straight to your inboxMaybe the most disappointed at Manchester United passing on Gareth Bale are Adidas. Their client will sport the swoosh at Tottenham rather than the three stripes he has donned for seven years with club and country and Adidas have been denied a star pairing.The prospect of Bale and Paul Pogba posing in Adidas regalia would have doubtless made a banner on the East Stand exterior but those mythical days of sportswear sponsors part-financing transfers are distant.

a wedding attended by 100 people in Bolton - the area with the highest coronavirus infection rate in the UK.

straight to your inboxDimitar Berbtaov believes Donny van de Beek should take up a deep-lying role in the Manchester United midfield.United signed Van de Beek for €39million rising to €44m from Ajax and he is expected to make his first appearance in today's pre-season friendly with Aston Villa.However, the 23-year-old will not play alongside Paul Pogba, still striving for match fitness after recovering from coronavirus, and Bruno Fernandes has not been at United's Carrington training complex

straight to your inboxThe sports cars and 4X4s are gracing Birch Road again on the approach to Manchester United's training fortress.