It’s normal to win the championship. It’s Manchester United. We don’t have the right to make mistakes.
St James’ Park was always, in the course of my career, a great place to play football, for the wildness of the crowd and the no-holds-barred football that both my team, Manchester United, and Newcastle would play.
I would love to play for Manchester United and, if things go as I want them to, I believe I can achieve that.
That’s Manchester United for you, a never-say-die attitude as you see time and time again.
When it came to Sociedad, I didn’t want to come back into football so soon after the Manchester United experience.
I expect positive play from Manchester United all the time, whether you’re at home or away.
I’m a Chelsea season-ticket holder, and I’ve supported them for 37 years, so any judgment of Manchester United by me is seen as biased.
When I go home, it is quite difficult. Being at Manchester United means it is a huge thing, and when I walk down the street, most people recognize me.
It doesn’t matter if you go somewhere and you’re still winning – it’s always the wrong decision to leave a club like Manchester United.
I want to reassure you that my family and I care deeply about Manchester United and feel a profound sense of responsibility to protect and enhance its strength for the long-term, while respecting its values and traditions.
I felt the same when I went to Manchester United, to Madrid, to Leverkusen, and now at West Ham. The only pressure I have is my pressure. That’s it.
To be fair, when you are really young, you don’t think about the future too much. You just want to play with your friends. When you get older, you start to dream about being there, about being at a top team, so of course it’s a dream to be at a team like Manchester United.
Danny Welbeck was great for us at Manchester United.
It is important that Manchester United keeps its identity. Their heritage is to produce and develop players, something that started with Sir Matt and continued with Sir Alex Ferguson.
I’m not at Manchester United to keep everyone happy.
When I was young and visited England with my auntie, as somebody who was football crazy, I simply had to come back with a shirt. I can’t remember why, but I came back with an Arsenal shirt and my brother had a Manchester United one.
If you don’t have the personality or character to compete and to challenge Manchester United at Old Trafford, or at home, you have less chance to win the match.
It’s a child’s dream to win against big players, big teams like Manchester United.
Show me a team of the stature of Chelsea, Manchester United, Real Madrid, or Barcelona who is not obsessed with winning the Champions League. If they are not, I’d be surprised why they play in it.
I had offers from other English clubs – Manchester United, City and Chelsea, who were the club that more rapidly resolved my transfer and the one that showed more interest in me.
Every coach wants to train Manchester United; it’s one of the biggest clubs in the world.
When a team like Manchester United comes to Molineux it is always big.
I think there’s a lot of things that need fixing at Manchester United apart from David Moyes, but in this business, you also realize the head coach is always going to be the first to go, unfortunately.
We will always have our critics because we are Manchester United. It has been like that since I have been here.
I used to go salmon fishing with the late Jim Slater, the renowned investor, and he would give me tips. He told me to buy shares in football clubs, so I invested in Manchester United before its shares went through the roof.
I was never close to signing for Manchester United, no.
I think any player who joins Manchester United wants to win everything; I want to win every competition that Manchester United compete in.
Other British clubs were interested. I thought about it, but Manchester United is a dream club for me.
My dad was a football player – a soccer player – for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who was pretty good at sight reading. My teacher gave me scripts, and I was very comfortable.
Arsenal needs Arsene Wenger, but also Arsene Wenger needs Arsenal. For me, he will die at Arsenal. He is like Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United. After you think about Ferguson and United, you then think about Wenger and Arsenal.
Any manager of any big institution, which is what Manchester United is, internationally, you have a role and a responsibility to give out the correct messages.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my life since I stopped playing. Of course you miss playing now and then, but I’ve travelled, I still work with Manchester United, I spent more time with my family and watched my kids grow up.
In another country, at another club, the fans would not be the same as at Manchester United.
When I was young, it was a dream to play for Manchester United.
We had been getting some bad results, now it is up to us to make up the ground and catch Manchester United.
Success for Manchester United is winning the Premier League, adding another trophy and having another good cup run is another one.
I’m at the fantastic club that is Manchester United, one of the biggest in the world.
Do I feel I should have been given more time? Of course I do. To go to a club like Manchester United and follow someone like Sir Alex after the time he had been there, to stay for ten months… It couldn’t be a revolution at Manchester United; it had to be evolution. It had to take time.
I have been a few times to Manchester United to have a look. I got a tour and spoke with Sir Alex Ferguson. Being a 15-year-old and being able to talk with him is great!
I have played football all my life, and my dad went to see Manchester United in 2005. Since then, I have been a fan.
I have been a Manchester United fan all my life and fulfilled every dream I’ve ever had. I am disappointed that my playing days are at an end. However, it comes to us all and it’s knowing when that time is and for me that time is now.
The FA Cup has a special place in our family’s hearts because my dad won it three times with Manchester United.
I’ve scored as many goals for Manchester United in the Premier League as for Chelsea, but in something like 30 games less.
In the Spanish league I root for Barcelona and in the Premier League I root for Manchester United.
At United, there are great traditions, which you can’t buy in one or two years. They are created by victories. You need to prove again and again that you are better than the others. Manchester United have always done this, and are still doing it, so they are the best.
I have known Phil Neville personally for 25 years, since I was in the Class of 92 at Manchester United with his brother Gary, and Im going to stick up for him because he is a top, top bloke and a proper family man.
When the chips are down, you see who the real fighters are. That is the beauty of Manchester United.
I’m a player coming into Manchester United, I’ve got to adapt like every other, no matter how old I am.
I love pressure; to manage such a big club as Manchester United is very good.
I had experience in abundance at Manchester United and it’s up to me to bring that here to Hull.
Manchester United are a great club, and being associated with them is a great compliment for me, but Atletico are also great.
Manchester United breathes football.
For me, Manchester United is the biggest club. I came here to play with the first team and win trophies.
I always ask Paul Pogba about Manchester United. I think they are a huge club with a really good infrastructure.
The Ronaldo who came to Manchester United had a lot of dribbling, trickery, playing more on the wings and making more assists.
We are at a massive club here at Manchester United and if things aren’t going as well as they should be then there is always going to be people wanting to have a dig and a pop at you.
We had to support our player and genuinely felt, like Rio has said, that it was an honest mistake. It is important to know that Manchester United never said, and Rio Ferdinand never said, that a mistake hadn’t been made.
Of course many children are dreaming to play for Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Manchester United. I always just wanted to wear the jersey of Partizan, Newcastle, and Serbia.
I highly appreciate the work of Ed Woodward, the CEO of Manchester United.
Benfica against Manchester United is very special for me. Benfica is my real club but Manchester United is my English club. We are together in history.
Leaving a club like Real and coming to as big a club as Manchester United makes you grow as a player and helps you progress in your career.
I moved when I was about 12 years old: different school, had to live in digs. It was harder for my family, but eventually, they understood it was a path that Manchester United had made for me. I had to stick to it, and it has paid off.
I think Manchester United is a much bigger club than any manager in the world, and the manager who comes in should respect what Manchester United is.
Things didn’t quite work out at Manchester United for various reasons, but that’s in the past.
