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Phil Neville has made the sensational claim that Manchester United legend and brother Gary Neville has proven his biggest critics wrong with his quality television punditry skills, including the Liverpool fans who hated him so much during his footballing career.

The notoriously outspoken football pundit Tony Cascarino believes Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas was ill-advised to round on the club's recent critics.

Phil Jones believes that Wayne Rooney's form has been top class lately, even though the Manchester United striker has been struggling to find the net.

Chris Smalling believes he and Phil Jones can be the bedrock of Manchester United's success for many years to come after revealing his ambition to establish himself in the heart of Old Trafford's defence alongside his hugely vaunted young teammate.

Liverpool legend Mark Lawrenson believes Manchester United are crying out for some midfield invention and suggests the fact they failed to land Wesley Sneijder in the summer is a damning indictment of their current malaise on and off the pitch.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson believes Jose Mourinho possesses many of the character traits he had as a young manager.

Rooney scored on 27 and 62 minutes, breaking a drought of almost three months when he went without a Premier League goal.

Manchester United faces Wolves at Old Trafford in a Premier League encounter which has assumed huge significance for the champions.

Alan Hansen believes Manchester United could rue the absence of Nemanja Vidic more than their lack of Champions League football this season.

Sifting through today's football ephemera the IBTimes Sports desk uncovered an interesting, if slightly left-field, trove of data concerning the relation between player's performance and the colour of their boots.

Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea still has plenty to prove at Old Trafford this season according to Alan Hansen.

Manchester United clearly endeavoured to sign a world-class midfielder in the summer following the retirement of Paul Scholes, but according to Match of the Day pundit Alan Hansen, Sir Alex Ferguson was scuppered by the club's lack of financial clout.

Gary Pallister believes that Sir Alex Ferguson won't need to make any purchases to fill the gap left by Nemanja Vidic in the January transfer window, because Manchester United have enough back up in their current squad.

Former Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson believes if Manchester City take four points from their pending matches against Chelsea and Arsene Wenger's side then you can all but give them the Premier League title this season.

Arsene Wenger has lauded Arsenal summer signing Mikel Arteta after the Spaniard's impressive start to life in north London.

Manchester United and Manchester City have been dealt a blow in their pursuit of Marek Hamsik, with the playmaker set to sign a new deal with Napoli.

Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal have to be considered among the front-runners for this season's Champions League crown.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has issued a defiant defence of his young players following their recent Champions League elimination.

Manchester City talisman David Silva admits the best player he has ever played with is Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta.

Wesley Sneijder 'idolises' Manchester United, according to Dutch football pundit Marcel van der Kraan, with the playmaker still being connected to a possible move to the club in January.

Manchester City midfielder David Silva admits he was encouraged to move to the Premier League in 2010 by his Spanish compatriots Pepe Reina and Fernando Torres, both of whom were at Liverpool at the time.

UEFA president Michel Platini has hit back after Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson appeared to suggest the Europa League was a second-rate tournament.

Manchester City midfielder David Silva is the best player in the Premier League at the moment according to former England manager Glenn Hoddle.

Michel Salgado is convinced Manchester United defender Phil Jones is a future England captain having seen him at close quarters at Ewood Park.

Glenn Hoddle has backed his former club Tottenham Hotspur to mount a sustained Premier League title challenge this season.

Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has been lauded as the finest player to have graced the Premier League by former England manager Glenn Hoddle.

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has claimed the club will "bounce back" from their disastrous Champions League campaign.

Nemanja Vidic's agent has insisted that the defender won't be discussing a move away from Manchester United, though he has revealed that his client will be out for 'several months' after injuring his cruciate ligament at the weekend.

The deafening silence fuelling the mystery of Paul Pogba's hugely discussed Manchester United future showed little sign of abating this week, after the agent of the prodigiously gifted midfielder maintained his disciplined quiet.

Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov is unlikely to join Fulham next month according to Fulham boss Martin Jol.