BREAKING: José Mourinho Appointed as Manchester United manager

• Portuguese coach has won 22 trophies since 2003

We are delighted to announce Jose Mourinho is our new manager! Full statement: https://t.co/PDiHMIWnpd #WelcomeJose pic.twitter.com/eZ8NBSz2up

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) May 27, 2016

José Mourinho will take over as manager of Manchester United from the 2016/17 season, signing a three-year contract with an option to stay at the club until at least 2020.

José, 53, has managed at the top level of European football for over a decade and in that time has won league titles and cups in four countries (Portugal, England, Italy and Spain), as well as winning the UEFA Champions League twice – in 2004 with FC Porto and in 2010 with Inter Milan.

Announcing the appointment, Ed Woodward said: "José is quite simply the best manager in the game today. He has won trophies and inspired players in countries across Europe and, of course, he knows the Premier League very well, having won three titles here.

"I’d like to take this opportunity to welcome him to Manchester United. His track record of success is ideal to take the club forward."

BREAKING: Arjen Robben rules out move to Manchester United after Louis van Gaal offers him a place at Old Trafford

Arjen Robben rules out move to Manchester United after Louis van Gaal offers him a place at Old Trafford

Old Trafford-bound coach tells Dutch television the Bayern Munich forward is welcome to follow him to Manchester next season.


Robben has ruled out the possibility of joining Manchester United. Robben has been linked with United ever since it was announced that Louis van Gaal would be taking over at Old Trafford after the World Cup.

Robben told Dutch broadcaster NOS following Holland's 3-0 win over Brazil that Van Gaal had offered him a place in the United squad next season.

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Every single player in blue was magnificent out there today. It's very hard to single anyone out for praise as Blues earned a famous win at Anfield to end the Reds' 11-game winning streak and breathe life into their own hopes of winning the Premier League Title this season.

Manchester United's 4-0 Norwich, Giggs very delighted for the Reds victory

Interim manager, Ryan Giggs was delighted to oversee Manchester United's 4-0 victory over Norwich on Saturday, his first as acting manager.

After the victory of the visitor, Giggs said walking out at Old Trafford in this new capacity made him feel "10 feet tall". "I was nervous, but as soon as I came out of the tunnel the reception I got, the staff got and the players got was brilliant," he told MUTV. "I've got to thank the fans for that because it’s not been an easy week, but I felt ten feet tall."

Goals from Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata handed United the win, although the Reds were frustrated for the majority of the first half. Giggs says he encouraged attacking football at the break, and was full of praise for the response shown in the second period. “We looked like scoring goals and creating chances," he told Sky Sports. "In the first half, we were a little bit slow, so I just reminded the players that the tempo needed to be quicker and they reacted well to that.

“They’re all good players and all of us have let ourselves down this year. We haven’t played to the level that we’re capable of this season, but we did that today. I said yesterday that it can’t just be for one game, it has to be for longer than that. Every time you play for Manchester United you have to stay at that level, and they have to keep to these standards against Sunderland.

Manchester United dismiss Louis van Gaal deal reports

Manchester United have dismissed press reports in the Netherlands that the club had agreed a three-year deal with Louis van Gaal for him to replace the sacked David Moyes as coach.

Popular broadsheet De Telegraaf said on Saturday that "the national coach (Van Gaal) late last (Friday) night reached a deal with the top British club," to take over as manager after the World Cup.

"The man who's the absolute No 1 to replace axed coach David Moyes will immediately take up the job when the Dutch Eleven is knocked out of the World Cup in Brazil," the paper added.

Van Gaal, 62, who has been on holiday at his villa in Portugal's Algarve "has been in talks with Ed Woodward, lawyer for club owners the Glazer brothers for a multi-year, multi-million contract," it said, without citing any sources.

But United, who have put veteran player Ryan Giggs in charge until the end of the season, quickly denied the reports.

Champions League: Police officers dragged Ribery away from Manchester Airport [PHOTOS]

Bayern star,Franck Ribery left Manchester Airport in the grasp of a police officer as Bayern Munich FC arrived ahead of their Champions League tie with Manchester United.

He may have been shadowed towards the team coach but it wasn’t because of any misdemeanours and more of a way to get him safely through the crowd that had gathered.

Bayern play at Old Trafford on Tuesday night and go into the quarter-final as huge favourites having already wrapped up the Bundesliga title.

Champions League Quarter-finals: PSG vs Chelsea FC, Bayern Munich Against Manchester United

Defending Champions Bayern Munich will take on Manchester United in the standout tie of the Champions League quarter-finals after the draw at UEFA house in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday. Pep Guardiola's men are keen to become the first club in the history of the competition to successfully defend their title, but will have to deal with the struggling Premier League champions first, with the first leg scheduled to take place at Old Trafford.

Man-U to offer Rooney captaincy to ward off Chelsea interest

The Red Devils to make the England international Vidic’s successor.

With skipper Nemanja Vidic leaving Manchester United at the end of the season the Red Devils are to offer Wayne Rooney the captaincy to keep him at Old Trafford, reports the Daily Mail.

The Premier League champions have tabled a whopping £300,000-a-week five-year deal to try and convince Rooney to stay, as the forward approaches the final year of his current contract.

Several sides have been linked with a bid for the England international, most prominently Chelsea who made two attempts to try and sign the 28-year-old last summer.

With United in the very realistic position of missing out on Champions League football next term many think that Rooney will leave the club in order to play top European football.

Yet as Moyes searches for a successor for Vidic to give the armband too – with the 32-year-old having confirmed he will be leaving the English champions this summer – the Scot is ready to use this moment to convince the Englishman to stay.

Rooney is the obvious candidate to take over as captain from the centre-back, having been at the Theatre of Dreams for nearly 11 years after a £27m transfer from Everton.

Other veterans of the club such as Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs and Darren Fletcher do not play enough to be handed the responsibility.

However. Moyes does have some criteria for who will be given the honour and it’s something that Rooney may have to listen to carefully.

“We want people to show leadership qualities, not just on the pitch but off the pitch. It is a big standing to be captain of Manchester United,” the 50-year-old was quoted by the Daily Mail.

“The person who takes over has to understand what it means for the club, the responsibility it carries, what is required of you as well.”