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The Red Devils leapfrogged rivals Manchester City after the Citizens suffered a heavy defeat against Tottenham Hotspur.

Coupled with Manchester City’s 4-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur earlier, that enabled the Red Devils to take top spot for the first time in 82 weeks. David Moyes’s United were top after the opening match of the following season but they were immediately dislodged....

Despite having regularly been sucked into relegation battles due to all manner of problems (which I wrote about for SB Nation’s main site earlier in the week), they’ve had an annoyingly good record against United over the last couple of years.

Manchester United sent out a statement that they are ready to compete for the Premier League title by beating Southampton at St Mary’s, according to manager Louis van Gaal.

The 24-year-old Spaniard’s much-anticipated move to Real failed to materialize before Monday’s deadline due to miscommunication between the Spanish club and United.

Vicente Del Bosque could field a much-changed Spain side in Tuesday night’s Euro 2016 qualifier with Macedonia.

And the Southampton youth product’s agent Jonathan Barnett reckons Bale could see out his playing days in the Spanish capital.

Sergio Ramos has told David de Gea that life goes on and to show his best form for Manchester United this season, even after his move to Real Madrid fell through because of paperwork being late.

Sergio Ramos has urged Spain team-mate David de Gea to remain professional in the aftermath of the freaky breakdown of his proposed move from Manchester United to Real Madrid.

Real Madrid blamed Manchester United for their failure to sign goalkeeper David De Gea before the Spanish transfer deadline and said they did everything needed to complete the transaction.

Michel Preud’homme believes his Club Brugge side will need divine intervention to prevent Manchester United from claiming a spot in the Champions League group stage.

United go to Belgium defending a 3-1 first-leg lead.

And that criticism continued when former target Pedro signed for Chelsea, rather than United, on Thursday.

Ramos whose present Real Madrid contract was suppose to expire in 2017 joined the club in 2005 and has made over 400 appearances since then.

Aston Villa boss Tim Sherwood said: “I am disappointed with the result, I thought we nullified them, but it is to be expected, we have a lot of players out there trying to find their feet in English football“.