There’s a story – unsubstantiated – that a woman may have introduced football to Brazil.

It’s the biggest fixture in English football and the 200th meeting between Manchester United and Liverpool.

This summer, Belgium and Brazil are two of the front runners to lift the FIFA World Cup in Russia – but before then two players who will be vying for a place as the main centre-forward in each team come face-to-face on opposite sides.

Inside issue one we look at a campaign to get Manchester to quit smoking, speak to LGBT campaigner and activist Mike Jackson and look at who might wrestle the title of Manchester’s next boxing king of the ring!

When goal-line technology was first introduced at the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil, it was happy days for football. But the trial of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) hasn’t proved as successful.

This season is likely to be Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s last in the colours of Manchester United.

Jose Mourinho has denied rumours of a rift between him and club record signing Paul Pogba, confirming the French midfielder will play against Huddersfield Town tomorrow.

For a generation of young Manchester United supporters, the Munich air disaster of 1958 is synonymous with the club’s enormous history and is something that clearly defines the principles seen in the players today.

The biggest deal of the window came when Barcelona’s forked out £142m to capture the Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho – the second most expensive transfer ever and the biggest deal to go through in a January window.

Manchester City may have missed out on Alexis Sanchez but the Citizens have been quick to renew the contracts of two of their star performers so far this season.

The Old Trafford club are thought to be close to signing the Chilean forward, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan heading in the other direction in a swap deal.