With Falcao having turned 29 last month, anything near the quoted £43 million price that Manchester United could pay in the summer for his permanent services would undeniably represent a monumental gamble on the club’s part.

With a manager as confident in his own abilities as he is in his team’s potential, everything seems rosy at Old Trafford though in reality Man Utd are close to boring people to tears.

On paper what looks like a staggeringly good win against a Southampton side who had started the season on fire was actually a far from convincing victory for United.

Internet humour website The LADBible is facing an internet backlash after it published the work details of Manchester United internet sensation Andy Tate.

Before Sunday’s 4-0 thumping of a lacklustre Queens Park Rangers, Dutchman Louis van Gaal had made the worst start of any new United manager since Ron Atkinson, who took a solitary point from his first three league games in 1981.

Will Manchester United spend the funds they need to in order to get back to the top of the Premier League or will their owners think twice about spending so much?

The Reds were a shadow of the team that claimed their 20th Premier League crown the previous year, exhibiting the worst title defence since Blackburn Rovers in 1995-96

Footballing legend Sir Bobby Charlton has assured Manchester United fans that the club will finish above rivals Manchester City next season ahead of their final 2013-14 clash with Southampton.

Interim Manchester United manager Ryan Giggs has told fans the club will soon return to their glory days, after beating Hull City 3-1 in their final home game of the season.

Ryan Giggs and his new-look Class of ’92 backroom staff quickly restored spirits after David Moyes’ sacking though soon after United’s owners went against the fans’ wishes by entering into talks with Louis van Gaal

Welshman Giggs is currently serving as interim manager in the wake of David Moyes’ departure with Sunderland match on Saturday and reports Dutchman Van Gaal is set for Old Trafford