Sir Alex slams United fans over Rio:
"I'm not entirely happy with the reaction of the fans. I think we can make our position clear to Rio - we want him to sign and he has been deliberating on that but he's still a Manchester United player, and whilst he is a Manchester United player I think we should support him.
"Players who go on the football field and hear their own fans booing their own players is not the kind of encouragement they should be given. Manchester United as a club who need to be united. A lot of things have happened during the summer, but we're going into a season which is crucial for us, we didn't win anything last season, we haven't won the Premier League for two years and we really need to get a run together, including the fans."
David Gill shows that he too cares nothing for fans’ opinion (but we knew that didn’t we?)
"It may be reflecting badly on Rio, but not with me it isn’t.”