With pressure mounting on manager David Moyes and his future set to be determined over the course of the next week, fans will speculate as to why the hierarchy were gathering so early.
Former boss Ferguson and ex-chief executive Gill are now on the board at the club and they arrived together at the ground at around 11.45am.
Nice and early: Manchester United directors Sir
Alex Ferguson and David Gill arrive at Old Trafford some eight hours
before kick-off of the Champions League match with Olympiacos
Call of duty: David Moyes joins his squad at the Lowry Hotel ahead of the game
Pensive: Ferguson and Gill seemed in business-like mood as they arrived at the ground
Early start: Sir Bobby Charlton makes his way to the stadium well ahead of kick-off
Club legend Charlton was also present at the stadium, while Moyes was checking in to the Lowry hotel with his squad
United are trailing 2-0 going into
their second-leg, last-16 showdown and, following Sunday's 3-0 defeat by
Liverpool, they know that winning this season's Champions League is their
most realistic avenue of qualifying for next year's competition.Were they to be eliminated then the scrutiny on Moyes would intensify heading into this weekend's Premier League match at West Ham and Tuesday's Manchester derby back at Old Trafford.
Moyes has called on his squad to 'stick together' as they come under fire from all sides after the dismal defeat against Liverpool.
In his match-day programme notes, Moyes said: 'This has been a difficult season and Sunday's result has not made life easy for any of us.
'Nobody at this club is under any illusions about what is required now. We must all stick together.
'We know we have to produce a very good performance. That is the bare minimum and from there we will try to score the goals we need.
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