I moved to Manchester to join a band and ended up getting into acting, and I moved back to London to become an actor and ended up joining a band.
I expect positive play from Manchester United all the time, whether you’re at home or away.
If you want to stay at Manchester United and win trophies and be successful, then you have to work through the reserve games, and that is what I am doing.
I was very happy to have the opportunity of getting to know Manchester. It’s such a good city.
I don’t expect to see them in the top six but I think of all the teams that have come up in previous seasons, I think Manchester City are the biggest club.
I love Manchester. I like being here, and certainly I see myself being here for a good while yet.
The only thing Chelsea and Manchester City have in common is the fact that both clubs have a lot of money.
I grew up in Oldham and moved to Manchester and London. I didn’t go to drama school. I just did a B-Tech.
I’ve received much from Manchester – a great career at the highest level, unconditional support from the fans through thick and thin, a lovely family, and so much more to be grateful for.
I have played football all my life, and my dad went to see Manchester United in 2005. Since then, I have been a fan.
‘Sir’ Richard Branson may be the Julian Assange of British business, in that both believe the world revolves around them. Hence Branson’s decision to set up an air service between Manchester and London, above the route of the train line that’s been taken from him.
Manchester United is a great club. I am very happy to be here, and because of this, I am happy to be patient.
OK, so I never had a transfer in my career, but I used to love deadline day: Dimitar Berbatov turning up at Manchester airport with hours to go, Robinho coming to Manchester City instead of Chelsea.
Van Gaal is an honest guy and has always put Manchester United above all else.
I have good memories of Manchester United.
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.
It was definitely not the salary that made me join Manchester United; I went for football reasons – for the history of the club, the league, the fans, and the coach because he is one of the best in the world.
I will continue to be a big fan of Manchester City, to whom I wish all the best and many more trophies and happiness in the future.
Manchester United has done an incredible job of building a young, talented, deep squad.
I’m very connected to my neighbourhood. If I could, I’d take the entire Peri Garden neighbourhood to form a Jardim Peri in Manchester.
I came to Manchester to win trophies.
I can tell you as a Manchester United player how big this club is and how you feel the repercussions of everything you do. It happens to everyone. It happened to me when I came.
I highly appreciate the work of Ed Woodward, the CEO of Manchester United.
If you are a regular at Manchester United, I think you should grasp the opportunity to stay here and become part of the history.
I like the Italian giants, and Spain is attractive, but when I heard that Manchester United were in the frame, I was very flattered. Nonetheless, I want to reiterate that Udinese is a great place, and I am happy here.
When I first joined Manchester City, I was not 100 per cent fit.
Sometimes I am questioned why I play better for the national squad than at Manchester City. I am the same at both places, but City is one team, and the Brazil national squad is another.
It’s good when as a young player you’re introduced to a top team like Manchester City and you need to do well.
We will always have our critics because we are Manchester United. It has been like that since I have been here.
Once I finish playing, I’m still a Manchester City player for the rest of my life. That won’t change.
Manchester United is a huge club. When I was young, it was a name I used to hear and it was a name I used to see on computer games and I used to play with the team.
It’s an honour for any player that a club of the prestige of Manchester United should follow them, and that, in itself, is enormous praise.
I had enquiries from Paris-Saint Germain and Manchester United, and I considered them.
The fans of Manchester United are one of the best in the world. I felt the support of them from the first day, and I am really happy with them.
I like to hear BBC Manchester about the news and to learn English and the Manchester accent.
I’m happy in Manchester and that’s it. Moving to United was good for me. I play for a big club.
I work on ‘A Question of Sport’ which comes out of Manchester and you see how it’s important to take parts of the BBC to other parts of the nation.
Real Madrid is like Manchester United or Liverpool or Bayern Munich. There is so much history, and you need to play and win against that history. It’s difficult to play against them because you fight against everything – the history, the players – but because of that, the motivation is always so high.
One of my proudest moments is definitely UFC 105 in Manchester when I stopped Denis Kang in the second round.
You’re never alone on the dole in Manchester.
We didn’t know how it was going to go but it was always going to be hard for me to go straight from Melbourne into Manchester City’s first team. It was always the plan for me to go on loan.
Manchester City are a big team, and Chelsea are a big team.
Every single moment in ‘Hereditary’ is linked to a moment in the end for the payoff. I think it has the ability of captivating people the same way that ‘Manchester By the Sea’ did. It has that audience because it’s so wrapped in human drama.
After winning such an important title as the World Cup, to win the Premier League and to see supporters in Manchester who have waited so long to win it would be important to me.
I didn’t make it at Manchester United because I had no choice, I wasn’t good enough, but I was lucky enough to go elsewhere and have a career.
I’m playing in the Premier League and my first two games could be against Manchester City and Liverpool. I don’t think it gets much better than that.
Washington, D.C., has a much greater risk than Manchester, N.H. They both need some level of funding, but they ought not to be done per capita. Congress is to blame for some of this.
Each year, you are playing to win. That is Manchester’s culture.
From the start, there was unanimity about my arrival at Manchester City. The coach, the executive director Garry Cook, and chairman Khaldoun al-Mubarak – I felt everyone wanted me.
Los Angeles produced the Beach Boys. Dusseldorf produced Kraftwerk. New York produced Chic. Manchester produced Joy Division.
In 2008 or 2009, every big club wanted me: Juventus, Inter, Milan, Barca, Real, Chelsea, Manchester.
At Manchester, and at Dortmund before that, I’m surrounded by great players who make it easy for me to play.
I prefer beating Real Madrid to beating Manchester City!
I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local leagues around Manchester, playing against lads from tough areas who had been taught they had to fight for everything.
Manchester is a city which has witnessed a great many stirring episodes, especially of a political character. Generally speaking, its citizens have been liberal in their sentiments, defenders of free speech and liberty of opinion.
I will continue to fight to the end at Manchester United.
At home in Manchester, I have a recreation room just like I had in London, with all kinds of jerseys on the wall. In the middle, there’s a table to play tennis.
I’ve grafted to get here, so Manchester United is where I want to stay.
When I was playing, there were always lots of teams in contention for the league – Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Leeds. Every week was a big game and a big battle.
My feelings towards Manchester City will never change; I’m eternally grateful to them as a football club. They took me as a 19-year-old boy from Shrewsbury Town, took somewhat of a punt on me, and I’ve had some fantastic times.
There’s no doubt: nobody can argue that Manchester United is not the biggest club in the world. It is.
Manchester United are always a team that try to play football, try to play football from the back.
Even though I didn’t win any titles, I have positive feelings about my first season at Manchester United. I have learned a lot, and I think I’ve made a lot of progress.
I love Manchester. Everyone knows that – I have said it many times. Manchester is in my heart.
I did not play for Manchester City and I had no prospects to play, so there was no reason to stay.
I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker’s apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester.
I want to play football. Whether that will be at Manchester City or somewhere else, I do not yet know.
When I arrived at Liverpool, the budget was £20m gross. When I left, it was £17m, but still people said I must win the title. Manchester United had around £50m more every year, but they said I must compete against them.
