I have always been a Manchester United supporter since I was a child, so that won’t change.
I have a lot of good memories, especially the days when I have lifted trophies. They are great feelings. That is why Manchester United players want to lift trophies again and again.
When we did ‘The Jewel In The Crown,’ we filmed in India first so the actors had an idea of what the heat was like, what it did to you – it slows you down; it’s weighty: the air that you breathe is full of humidity. You are aware of the fact that you’re not in a studio in Manchester.
I felt bad for Newcastle when they lost their 2005 FA Cup semi-final to Manchester United. They had loaned me out to Celtic, but I still had a lot of affection for them.
The first time I ever met posh people was when I went to Manchester University to study drama, but I couldn’t care less about people’s backgrounds – it’s all down to the individual.
When I moved to Manchester, to work as a runner for Granada, I shared with a researcher called Vicky who took pity on my inability to cook and made me meals for three years. Put in charge of cookery on a live kids’ show I’d buy cookies from a shop to show as ‘ones we made earlier.’
I used to be so into soccer. I would wear soccer team hoodies, another soccer team’s pants, and Manchester United earrings. And I had, like, five of everything, so I would just wear the same outfit all the time!
It makes me very proud that a club like Manchester United have wanted me to be here as long as I have been.
Being at Manchester United is a great way to play at the highest level and win trophies with a team that is very closely knitted together.
To be a part of the history with the Manchester United club is a huge moment.
I’d had four auditions for ‘Sinbad’ when I got the phone call. I was in the Trafford Centre in Manchester, and I screamed very loudly. Then I ran outside, and I screamed some more.
If Manchester United come knocking, you can’t turn that down.
I’m very fortunate to have worked at two unbelievable clubs, Manchester City and Barcelona, and I feel like I’ve really changed the way I look at football from being around and in those environments, so I feel really privileged.
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.
My absolute dream would be to play for Manchester United and help them reach the goals they have.
There was interest from a lot of clubs, not just Manchester United, but as soon as I knew Liverpool were interested, I just felt it was the right club with the right coach. It was right for me to come here.
We have previously engaged with the Manchester United Supporters’ Trust on fan share ownership and we want to continue and accelerate those discussions, together with provisions to enhance associated fan consultation.
Manchester United was a sad experience. Things didn’t go as I had hoped. I was disappointed, and it didn’t help me to rise to the surface.
When Pep Guardiola accepted the Manchester City job, he would have asked himself one question about the club’s current squad: is this a team that can win me the Champions League?
I will be completely honest: when I fought in Manchester, they were very cruel to me. One fan actually spat directly in my face, and he was lucky enough where it hit my mouth.
In England, there are big games but nothing like the Clasico. Manchester United versus Liverpool is a really great match, probably the best over there. But Barcelona-Madrid is different to any other game in the world.
We are very proud of our roots in Manchester. We like to back our own.
Chelsea is a top club, and I have many friends there, but you cannot turn down the chance to join Manchester United.
I can remember how I felt the first time I was knocked out by Floyd Mayweather Jr. My first fight afterwards was against Juan Lazcano at the City of Manchester Stadium. Every time I got punched I felt like I would wobble.
As I said, when I played at Chelsea I give always my best to help the team but now Manchester United is my club and I will try to win there.
Throughout Manchester United’s history, we always come up with answers to problems. Big stars come and go, but still, the team keep producing the same performances.
With Manchester United I want to win. I therefore do not pay attention to what happens in other clubs, I’m totally focused on Manchester United.
I have a vernacular house on the seaside in Northumberland and an Edwardian semi in south Manchester. They’re both exactly as big as they need to be. I can’t be doing with an ostentatious, big house – you can only be in one room at a time.
Manchester United is a club that means so much to me.
There is only one club in Manchester.
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.
It’s normal to win the championship. It’s Manchester United. We don’t have the right to make mistakes.
Manchester has it’s own pride and London has it’s sort of pride and sometimes we can be a bit mean to each other, but I think if we dig the music we can get on really well.
It has been an honor to manage such a magnificent club as Manchester United FC, and in doing so, I have fulfilled a long-held ambition.
Both ‘The Wire’ and ‘Queer as Folk’ had a big scope. They were panoramas, telling ambitious stories about two cities, Baltimore and Manchester, for the first time.
Manchester United is of course a big club.
In the current climate motorists have a long list of issues from which to choose to raise on the doorstep. Policies aimed at reducing emissions – like the changes to Vehicle Excise Duty or here in Manchester the proposals for congestion charges – are not without controversy.
I was born in Karachi, where my father used to work in the sales department of a pharmaceutical company. The nature of his job required him to travel, so we moved to Athens, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and Riyadh and then went to Manchester during the Gulf War, moving back to Lahore closer to my father’s retirement.
You look in the past and when I’m younger, you look at the players who play for Manchester United and you see the biggest stars in the world.
The weather is the worst. I lived many years in Lisbon and then went to Monaco, places that are similar in terms of weather and food. In Manchester, it’s eight or nine months of cold, and that makes a difference, but apart from that, I’m really enjoying the city.
I love pressure; to manage such a big club as Manchester United is very good.
I was very young at Manchester United, and I feel that I was just starting to find my feet when I was sold and Rooney was brought in.
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.
I was better than certain players at Manchester City but I was left on the bench. Before I left the club, I told the people in charge that they would regret letting me go.
Gary Neville played a similar position to me. Defensively and offensively, he was a quality player for Manchester United and England. His trophies speak for themselves.
Manchester is a past master at bringing light to dark times.
Now I’ve played 30 games, I have experience I can use in Manchester.
I was born in Manchester, England.
Working hard, I hope to achieve the things I did in Manchester with Roma.
If I ran the show at Manchester United, I would be making a big effort to keep Paul Pogba.
Manchester United are not just some club. To be part of this club also means to be part of a great history.
If starting games in a club like Manchester City and winning two titles isn’t enough, too bad. I won’t regret anything.
I’m very pleased to play for Manchester United. I want to hep the team get into the Champions League.
I dream of winning the Champions League title with Manchester City and a title with Germany.
I can only thank Manchester City for everything they have done for me. What we have achieved in such a short space of time has been amazing.
When you are in a club like Manchester United, you have a lot of pressure around you.
Manchester United is an exceptional club and I’m thrilled to be joining them.
That was always special, playing Manchester United. I loved the feeling of the derby, that pressure, the atmosphere around it. And I did have some good matches there, didn’t I?
I Googled every actor from my favorite film ‘Annie.’ Albert Finney was also from Manchester and he went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art – so I auditioned there, too.
After spending eight years in Manchester, I received a very warm welcome to Turin. The people are very easy-going, in contrast to other parts of Italy such as Rome or Naples, where passions run much higher.
I have friends who play for Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester United.
When I was in Spain, I always thought about the best teams in the world, and maybe the biggest and most-supported club is Manchester United.
I am happy to have made the move to Manchester City.
