Miscellaneous

• O'Shea celebrated his 28th birthday on 30 April.

• On 26 April Giggs was named Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year, claiming the prize for the first time having been awarded the Young Player of the Year title in 1992 and 1993. Giggs was one of six United players in the Premier League Team of the Year, along with Van der Sar, Ferdinand, Vidić, Evra and Ronaldo.

• In January United paid a reported €17m to FK Partizan for Serbian duo Zoran Tošić and Adam Ljajić, with the latter returning to the Belgrade club on loan for the rest of the season. Tošić is ineligible for the UEFA Champions League.

• United will tour Asia in July, with games in China, Korea Republic, Indonesia and Malaysia. They will also join Milan, CA Boca Juniors and Bayern in a four-team tournament in Munich on 29 and 30 July.

• United became the first English club to win the FIFA Club World Cup with a 1-0 defeat of LDU de Quito in Yokohama, Japan on 21 December, Rooney scoring the only goal.