WAYNE ROONEY of Manchester United and Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas are doubtful for their clubs' Champions League second-leg ties this week. Rooney, who aggravated a knee injury while playing twice in four days on Wembley’s heavy turf last week, was not in the squad for last night’s game at Wolverhampton.

A late goal from Paul Scholes sent Manchester United three points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League.

My, how this recession is biting. I’ve just read that some chaps in the City are so poor that they can barely afford to raise £1.5 billion for Manchester United.

Sir Alex Ferguson has insisted that there is “no chance” of the Red Knights persuading Manchester United supporters to boycott games in their battle to wrest control of the club from the Glazer family.

Sir Alex Ferguson has ordered Wayne Rooney to start protecting his precious talent after telling the striker that he has only himself to blame for aggravating an injury.

Michael Owen laughed off suggestions that he was cursed on Sunday after he had limped off the Wembley turf during the Carling Cup final. The striker had cause to reassess his verdict yesterday when it emerged that a ruptured hamstring has ruled him out for the rest of the season and the World Cup.

Sir Alex Ferguson has condemned the condition of the Wembley pitch after Michael Owen was ruled out for the season and Wayne Rooney returned from international duty feeling drained.

Michael Owen has been ruled out for the remainder of the season, ending his faint hopes of playing in this summer's World Cup.

Sixty super-rich investors have pledged up to £1.5 billion in their bid to seize control of Manchester United, The Times can reveal.

So is the madness over, or has it just begun? Has the wobble of the past few weeks, the Bridge-Terry circus, the Ashley Cole crisis, the Rio Ferdinand concerns, been just a blip or does it foretell calamity in South Africa this summer?

David Gill, the Manchester United chief executive, has dismissed the viability of the Red Knights’ plan to buy the club and launched a scathing personal attack on the credibility of the financier fronting their bid.

David Gill, the Manchester United chief executive, has backed the Glazer family to resist any attempt to buy the club.

Sir Alex Ferguson is one of a group of leading Premier League managers who have been offering assistance and support to the United States before their opening World Cup finals fixture against England.

Speculators have begun to buy bonds in Manchester United in a gamble that the Red Knights will be able to launch an offer to buy the club from the Glazer family.

The Manchester United supporters group set up to buy a stake in the club has pledged its support to the cabal of businessmen hoping to buy out the Glazer family.

Manchester United may pride themselves on being the "biggest club in the world" but their financial might has once again been overshadowed by the two biggest clubs in Spain, according to the latest annual Football Money League.

One hundred days to go. One hundred days for Fabio Capello to wake up in fear of the scandal that will subvert England’s World Cup campaign.

Jim O’Neill, a close friend of Sir Alex Ferguson, emerged last night as a key player among the Red Knights, who hope to wrest Manchester United from the clutches of the Glazer family.

Michael Owen has admitted that he would rather be a bit-part player at Manchester United, challenging for football’s biggest prizes, than a first-team regular at a less successful club.

Wayne Rooney has urged England fans to give John Terry their full support during Wednesday’s friendly against Egypt at Wembley.

A group of leading City financiers have held talks with a view to wresting control of Manchester United from the Glazer family, the current owners of the club.

If Fabio Capello remained indifferent to the plight of Michael Owen yesterday, he will have been the only one.

Martin O’Neill launched a scathing attack on Phil Dowd last night, effectively accusing the referee of costing his team the Carling Cup.