"There's no shortage of investment into Manchester United." — Mike Phelan

Any manager of any big institution, which is what Manchester United is, internationally, you have a role and a responsibility to give out the correct messages.

We've never set out to demean the Carling Cup.

It's hard for an up and coming player who has the eyes of Manchester United on them to take that opportunity and then sort of not given the opportunity to break through because of the quality already there.

We have to be more courageous and braver and sometimes take a knock. You can't just be a pretty boy, you have to get your body or something on it. When it is a one-on-one situation you have to carry out that duty.

Once you have had success there are always people focusing on why it happened. Inevitably, there is a lot of scrutiny when you don't achieve the same again.

I'm quite open and proud enough to listen to anything really. Be it home, abroad, Premier League, Championships or below that. It's not a worry. I've been in the game long enough so I know how to pitch myself in comfortably anywhere.

I had experience in abundance at Manchester United and it's up to me to bring that here to Hull.

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There's no shortage of investment into Manchester United.