McIlroy, a Red Devils fan and current world number one, explained how Sir Alex demanded that Team Europe ‘make Gleneagles a fortress’ ahead of the September 26-28 biennial battle against the USA

United have made an indifferent start under new manager Louis van Gaal and have been heavily criticised in the wake of an embarrassing 5-3 defeat away to Leicester City last weekend.

The Wanderers have toiled in the Capital One Cup so far this season, needing extra-time to see off both League Two Bury and League One Crewe Alexandra as they prepare to face the might of Chelsea

Luke Hyam and Conor Sammon scored for Ipswich before Martyn Waghorn pulled one back late in the second half for the Latics

Wigan manager Uwe Rosler hopes his side can feed off a promising performance against Huddersfield last week by sinking their fangs into Ipswich this evening

Dougie Freedman believes that he is still the man to lead Bolton Wanderers back up the Championship table, despite the club suffering their fifth defeat of the season.

The sickening abuse was triggered when the former Manchester City striker tweeted ‘Man Utd…LOL’, following their 5-3 defeat to Leicester

Bury have ‘performed miracles’ to sit atop the League Two table, claims boss David Flitcroft after seeing off Burton Albion with a 3-1 win in their table-top encounter.

Peter Lim, 61, who made his fortune as an investor and is the world’s 655th richest man according to Forbes, with an estimated fortune of $2.5billion, has had a long held desire to own a football club

Yaya Toure is on the decline and should be sold.

Manuel Pellegrini insists that he did not want to fall eight points behind league leaders Chelsea by losing at The Etihad on Sunday.