David Beckham has described Wayne Rooney as one of the greatest goalscorers in the world as Manchester United came from behind to secure a memorable 3-2 victory over AC Milan at San Siro last night.

They pride themselves on extending a player’s career at AC Milan’s famous laboratory but we know now that they cannot perform anti-ageing miracles. And so a team that began at a sprint slowed to a gasping stagger in the second half last night.

Wayne Rooney tore into his team-mates last night after upstaging David Beckham as Manchester United came from behind to secure a memorable 3-2 victory over AC Milan at a spellbound San Siro.

There have been times when it has riled Sir Alex Ferguson to see Wayne Rooney receive the kind of adulation that turned David Beckham into a national treasure, but not this morning. Not after a night when Rooney led the fightback that turned a chastening evening at San Siro into one of exuberant celebration for Manchester United.

Wayne Rooney was exploited at the start of his career by agents who tied him in to a contract so long it spanned the average working life of a professional player, a court was told on Tuesday.

David Beckham has been named in the starting line-up for AC Milan in the Champions League and will face Manchester United for the first time since he left Old Trafford seven years ago.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s mounting frustration with Nemanja Vidic was laid bare yesterday when the Manchester United manager struggled to conceal his dismay at the defender’s reluctance to return to action.

In the crammed press room at San Siro, the old man’s eyes misted over and his voice briefly quivered. “A great player, the best in the world, ” Sir Alex Ferguson said without fear of disagreement, in tribute to the Manchester United prodigy whom he allowed to follow his dreams to Real Madrid.

David Beckham insists that he has “no score to settle” with Sir Alex Ferguson but is determined to help AC Milan knock Manchester United out of the Champions League.

David Beckham has described Sir Alex Ferguson as a father figure as he prepares to meet Manchester United for the first time since he left Old Trafford in controversial circumstances 6½ years ago.

Nemanja Vidic has been ruled out of Manchester United's Champions League last-16 tie against AC Milan tomorrow night.

If AC Milan were hoping Manchester United might be driven to distraction by the fanfare surrounding David Beckham at San Siro tomorrow evening, Gary Neville was happy to disappoint them.

MANCHESTER is on course for another summer of transfer strife with wealthy Manchester City preparing to move for their neighbours’ unsettled centre-back Nemanja Vidic. The move would form part of City’s strategy to replace Manchester United as England’s premier football club, and echoes their successful poaching of Carlos Tevez from Old Trafford last year.

If some people still think it is mildly blasphemous to question the soundness of Arsène Wenger’s recent management of Arsenal, they might care to give us their estimate of how much pressure there would be to depose Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford if he were facing the serious likelihood of completing a fifth season in a row without a...

When David Beckham arrived in Italy for what, at the time, seemed a novelty excursion some 14 months ago, he received a text message from an old friend. It consisted of just seven words: “David Beckham. Manchester United. Real Madrid. Milan.” The point was being made that, long after he stopped being a footballer, he would have a unique legacy:...

Sir Alex Ferguson opted to spend a rare day off at Deepdale yet even the presence of the Manchester United manager failed to inspire his son's team as Preston's poor home form against bitter rivals Blackpool continued. The last time North End defeated their Lancashire neighbours in front of their own fans they went on to secure promotion under David...

David Gill, the Manchester United chief executive, was involved in a heated exchange with three supporters in the latest show of opposition to the Glazer family’s controversial ownership of the Barclays Premier League champions.

Manchester United have had their wings clipped further after Ryan Giggs was ruled out for up to four weeks with a fractured arm.

Ryan Giggs will be out for a month after fracturing his right arm in Manchester United's 1-1 draw against Aston Villa last night.

Louis Saha endured such a tormenting time at Manchester United that perhaps he still feels he owes his former club something.

It says everything about Manchester United’s mood that their body language as they left the pitch last night was that of a team who regarded this result as two points dropped.