There is nothing to make you happy in this box!

Giggs, Ronaldo, Carrick - that's the talk today.

Giggs does the "bringing football down to reality" story, meeting people with HIV in South Africa, in The Independent :

"Seeing and hearing the lad's story showed what bravery is all about and what being a man is about," Giggs said. "He shared what he has been through and that took so much courage.

"Just talking to a few people is daunting at the best of times, but his story was unbelievable and it has a massive effect on you. He was telling me about it and he probably won't ever see me again, but to be brave enough to tell his family and his community, well..."

Alex Ferguson suggests that Ronaldo shouldn't move to Real because it would damage his career, the killer quote for me being:

“Young lads can be twisted by the talk of money and the moves that are happening all the time in modern-day football, but if you saw him after the [Champions League] final [in May], he was the happiest boy in the world,” Ferguson said.

The Mail does a good job of sensationalizing the story here, they say that Sir Alex "hit out at a press conference in South Africa and could not conceal his contempt for Real after their attempts this summer to unsettle Ronaldo."

There are some quotes from Carrick and from Sir Alex on Carrick doing the rounds today, from The Guardian :

"With what the club achieved last season, I have gained a lot of confidence personally, but I just put England to the back of my mind really because I still have to do my best for United. But if England comes along again, then great, because it's something that I would still love to do."