Manchester City skipper Carlos Tevez has approached archrivals Manchester United to buy him back.
Wayne Rooney produced a spectacular overhead kick to earn Manchester United a 2-1 victory over Manchester City and a seven-point lead in the Premier League on Saturday.
Officials said they were projecting a crowd in excess of 78,000 on the opening day of the traditional Boxing Day fixture, the largest attendance at the ground for a non-Ashes Test.
Images from the Champions League second-leg quarter-final match, being played on Tuesday.
Manchester United defender Patrice Evra will miss the FA Cup fourth round match at Southampton due to a family bereavement, manager Alex Ferguson said on Friday.
France coach Laurent Blanc could be interested in a return to Old Trafford as a successor to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, the former French international said on Tuesday.
"After feeling strange in the second half of the Burton game in September, I underwent a series of tests," he said.
'We have the belief that we will win our next two games and then look ahead'
Reactions to Liverpool's Premier League triumph, their first league title since 1990:
Alex Marshall, ICC's general manager of its anti-corruption unit, met Interpol officials in Lyon last week to seek closer working relations, it added.
Pogba also said he is no longer bothered by criticism from soccer pundits because he has grown used to it.
Afghanistan fared only slightly better against defending champions Australia in their opener, losing by seven wickets, but Malinga is not taking them lightly.
AS Roma captain Francesco Totti has warned Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson not to underestimate him when their two sides play the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final next week.
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has reportedly told bosses at Old Trafford that he wants to leave the club as soon as possible after a massive fall-out with manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
However, Ferguson did not rule his captain out of Tuesday's Champions League Group F match against Celtic.
Manchester United moved three points clear at the top of the Premier League after a Paul Pogba goal gave them a hard-fought 1-0 win over Burnley at a freezing Turf Moor on Tuesday.