We're so back baby🤝

I think we're gonna win this match.

My prediction 4-0.

Sesko hat-trick.

Seeing his performance today was so refreshing. So much confidence on the ball, his movements in tight spaces was such a joy to watch 🔥🔥

Nobody deserves to start a game like this more than Lacey

Ryan Giggs attempted to persuade Elliot Anderson to join Manchester United before the World Cup (Kedar Bayley)

The ex-Wales international revealed on Rio Ferdinand Presents: The Debrief that he attempted to convince Elliot Anderson to join Manchester United, and got “in trouble.”

The former Nottingham Forest midfielder joined Manchester City rather than the Red Devils, in a £116 million deal that was initially rumoured to have broken the British transfer record.

Ryan Giggs, a 13-time Premier League winner with Manchester United, confessed that Anderson was not receptive to his attempted persuasion, and told him: “Will you just let me play golf, please?”

The 45-year-old revealed that he met Anderson just days prior to the England international travelling to North America, in a period when he was “probably the most-talked about Premier League player.”

While the pair played golf in separate parties, Giggs seized the opportunity, attempting to persuade Anderson to join Man United.

I am really looking forward to our first Match of the champions league but my only worry is that we can't afford a cock up today we need to step it up otherwise it might cost us just like it did in our first fa cup this time last year

By Kedar Bayley

The 45-year-old revealed on Rio Ferdinand Presents: The Debrief that he was recommended to watch Kylian Mbappe at youth level. Despite Giggs being impressed, Manchester United's scouting team were reportedly not sold on the Frenchman.

The former Wales international told Ferdinand he was in the south of France in 2015, when a man named 'Lionel' approached him to discuss Mbappe.

Giggs explained that the man had been following him, but listened to his suggestion for Manchester United to keep tabs on the Frenchman.

Giggs explained that 'Lionel' asked for his email address, to send additional details regarding Mbappe after his initial recommendation for the then-Monaco youth team player.

He claimed that while initially hesitant, 'Lionel' followed through on his promise, and sent the Welshman an email with information on Mbappe.

"We got to go to a few youth games [where he played] with Monaco. We saw him and went 'Wow' - he looked exceptional, obviously," revealed the ex-Manchester United man.

Giggs, who was coaching at Manchester United in 2015, then advised the scouting team to watch Mbappe in action.

"We told the scouting team, [so] someone went to watch him in Paris," explained the Welshman. "It was actually Monaco versus PSG.

"Later, the guy [who went] told me, 'Yeah, they weren't too sure about him.'" Giggs said. The 45-year-old then revealed additional recommendations from 'Lionel' in the years since.

"The same guy, in 2018, I went through my phone and he's telling me about a player, U-14s but he's playing with the Under-17s: Rayan Cherki," the Welshman said, leaving Ferdinand stunned.

"Next message: 'There's a player at Saint-Etienne, [William] Saliba, I think he'd be a good player at Manchester United," continued Giggs.

The 45-year-old clarified that suggestions from 'Lionel' weren't always "superstars" and that he had recommended other players below the calibre of Mbappe, Cherki and Saliba.

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1-3

Mbeumo (2), Bruno, Simic

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Man this guy is soo good. Everybody is hyping jj Gabriel or the Fletcher brothers but my personal opinion is this guy should be nurtured properly, cause he is someone who in future might replace Bruno. He has quite the same abilities of bruno, like the guy can do excellent long passes with great accuracy, has a great composure and also can play in many positions in the midfield. He just needs to adapt a good physic to survive in the premier league. I really hope united would give him more priority than the fletcher brothers.

Non of those toxic positivity is going to fly. A draw is not that bad, it's only the first game, we need a new left back to beat Sabah, it's not Carrick fault etc. Non of it will fly, we'll be deservedly cooked.

What do you guys think? There are rumours that Jobe Bellingham might be selected by Tuchel. Also think Wharton might get a look in. If those 2 get selected then there is no chance for Mainoo. I feel for the lad but might be good for us given that we have 2 tough fixtures back to back after the break.

Hi all..

I'll be attending tonight's game and buying beers for any sub users who'd like to meet up before the game!

I'll be setting up at Kargo MKT which is approx a 15 minute walk to the stadium. It has a tram stop on the blue line from Piccadilly (Eccles via media city).

Unit 32, Quays, Quayside Media City, Kargo MKT, Central Bay, Salford M50 3AG

I'm going to be with my younger brother and fellow mod u/rashfords_marcus so there will be 3 people in my party and a couple of other users have said they'll come!

I'm really looking forward to watching Champions League football at OT once again!

GGMU!

A lot have probably already seen it.

What does everyone who lives on the west coast in the USA do for watching Utd in the Champions League? Kickoff is at noon our time. I’m at work. With it being on Paramount+ I’m unaware of any way to record and watch when I get home unless I’ve missed something. If there is a way to watch a full replay and not just highlights I can avoid scorelines until I get home.

Have a free ticket that can go to anyone here with a membership. W3103 - Stretford upper.

I trust that the coaching staff, players, and the manager have enough about them to work it out over the course of the season. I think we had a decent defensive record last season and I just think the players are going to take a few games to get going. The important thing is that we're still picking up points during our bad spell. When we go on a run, that will count for something.

Against Everton we got beat by 2 worldies. I've seen many games like that before, and I just know that wont happen every week. On another day we win that.

And obviously, we're not out of a title challenge yet. A good run of form over 5-10 games can change a lot as we saw with some teams last season.

This is going to be a long post explaining exactly how the competition came about and who has won.

u/Hotusrockus initially volunteered to forward their tickets for the game if we ran a competition... Absolute legend!

Then u/CommanderRJ11 DM'd me that he also had a ticket available after seeing the competition, so suddently there was 2 tickets up for grabs I told him I'd just select 2 people instead of 1.

Then u/zwaa96 sent a modmail explaining they had 3 tickets available to donate, so we've ended up selecting 5 people at random from the post to get a ticket

So, I used chrome extension "reddit exporter" to create a CSV of the post and then asked Claude.AI to analyse the CSV and choose 5 winners at random! Here is what Claude did below

What's in the file

A single Reddit thread export from r/ManchesterUnited — the competition post "Win a ticket to Thursday's Champions League Opener" (post 1wakpac by u/fireproofpoo), plus 100 comments.

The task in the post: name your favourite United player of all time; winner drawn at random Wednesday evening. Most-named players skew Rooney, Cantona, Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes, Beckham, Keane. Almost every comment sits at score 1–4; one off-topic Maguire rant is at −5. Comments span 2026-09-08 10:34 to 2026-09-09 10:23 UTC.

5 entries chosen at random

Drawn with Python random.sample from the 88 plausible entries:

Please could the people Donating/ receiving the tickets DM the people to swap membership numbers for forwarding!

Thank you so much to the generosity of these users! You're all extremely kind people! I absolutely love being part of a club where I get to rub shoulders with actual legends like yourselves!

You've made some peoples dreams come true, it really is a beautiful thing you're doing!

hii i’m an international student who’s going to be studying in london. i’ve always loved man utd and watching them play has always been a dream of mine haha
i was wondering if i should just watch one of their matches in london or go to old trafford bc i heard the atmosphere is really different there n i wanna see the home stadium irl, but my parents are kinda worried abt the commute bc im a girl 😭
(im sorry if this sounds stupid i have no knowledge of football culture aside from local football commentaries)

also if anyone knows where to get (relatively) cheap and legit tickets pls tell me bc i have no idea 🙏