Hello and welcome to the start of a brave new world. For the first time in 27 years, we will not see Sir Alex Ferguson when the cameras pan to Manchester United's dugout - although if you want to be really pedantic, and those of you know your Premier League Years will be aware of this, he missed a 3-2 home defeat to Middlesbrough on 19 December 1998 in order to attend a wedding - but David Moyes. This is the former Everton manager's first match in charge of United and although it obviously doesn't mean too much, he could probably do with a 400-0 victory over a Singha All Star XI to keep the doubters at bay for about two minutes.
It has been a relatively quiet start to life for Moyes at Old Trafford, with much of it spent talking about the future of Wayne Rooney, who is still definitely not for sale, although Jose Mourinho has been caught making tentative noises about him in the past couple of days. Otherwise it's the same old for United: they need a midfielder, they haven't signed a midfielder yet. Moyes knows this but it looks like his main target, Thiago Alcantara, is going to join Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich, who clearly still aren't over losing that Champions League final in 1999. Ryan Giggs is still around, Paul Scholes isn't. Phil Neville is back as a coach and Moyes, having dispensed with Mike Phelan and Co, has brought in a few of his chums from Everton. All in all, it's been a low-octane start. The Singha All Star XI should put an end to that.
Kick-off: 2pm BST (And it really is BST! Just look outside! What are you doing reading this?)
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