What Gerard Houllier told Sir Alex Ferguson before Manchester United signed Eric Cantona

straight to your inbox every day for freeThe careers of Ander Herrera and Romelu Lukaku are not going to go down in Manchester United history. Perhaps it is the unfortunate timing of their spells at the club, in the post Sir Alex Ferguson era, or more importantly the fact that neither won a Premier League title at United.

straight to your inbox every day for freeSir Alex Ferguson's flat cap was pulled so snugly over his brow it was unclear if he was awake in the Old Trafford directors' box.

straight to your inbox every day for freeOwen Hargreaves believes Sir Alex Ferguson would have fumed at Bruno Fernandes for his role in Leicester's first goal during Manchester United's draw with the Foxes.Fernandes was in inspired form against Brendan Rodgers' side at the King Power Stadium, providing the assist for Marcus Rashford to open the scoring with a deft touch before scoring himself in the second half.Despite his brilliance for the opener, the Portuguese contributed to United conceding

straight to your inbox every day for freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer has cited the experiences Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra enjoyed in winning their first trophy with Manchester United behind his eagerness to win the Carabao Cup.Vidic and Evra joined United in January 2006 and endured chastening starts to their Premier League careers but collected winner's medals in the 4-0 League Cup final thrashing of Wigan the following month.Sir Alex Ferguson introduced the duo, as well as Kieran Richardson, off

straight to your inbox every day for freeGary Neville and Jamie Carragher both hailed the way Bruno Fernandes has transformed Manchester United.Fernandes joined United from Sporting Lisbon at the end of January - and quickly established himself as a key man in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side. The attacking midfielder has scored 17 goals and provided 12 assists in only 27 Premier League appearances.

straight to your inbox every day for freeGary Neville doesn't think any manager has been fully backed by the Manchester United board since Sir Alex Ferguson left.United have spent over £200m on transfers since Solskjaer took over, including over £75m on five new signings in the summer.However, they ended the transfer window without priority target Jadon Sancho and Neville, when discussing United's chances of winning the title, said Solskjaer hasn't been equipped with the tools to do so.Neville

straight to your inboxSir Alex Ferguson's famous dismissal of Manchester City as noisy neighbours didn't fuel Manchester United's nearest rivals as much as you might expect.The phrase, first used by the Old Trafford supremo after a derby in September 2009 when Michael Owen struck a late, late winner in a 4-3 thriller, came back to bite United as City turned Manchester blue with their first title win in 2012 and have rarely been pegged back since.At the time though, new signing Joleon Lescott and

straight to your inbox every day for free Paul Scholes is still capable of executing one of his reducers from the pundit's chair and the last time Sir Alex Ferguson suffered a group stage ejection from the Champions League another midfielder went studs-up on Manchester United's younger players. "People have talked about the young players - you've had Jones, Smalling, Young coming in, everybody building them up but they’ve got a lot to do, it’s a reality check for some," Roy Keane said.

direct to your inboxMino Raiola is no stranger to causing disruption and he's blown open a fresh debate regarding Paul Pogba following his latest claims. The outspoken Italian super-agent has stated that Pogba 's time at Manchester United is over, making it clear that the France World Cup winner is unhappy at Old Trafford.