So then, let us for a minute imagine that Carlos Tevez and his owners’ fail to agree a transfer fee, which is believed to be around £24m and United end up losing the Argentine, to lord save us, Liverpool or Manchester City (though the latter cannot be a serious option, can it?). If that happens [...]
The other day I posted that United were in danger of being viewed as penny-pinchers over the future of fans favourite Carlos Tevez, just two days later we now read that according to the Sun, Liverpool are set to meet his owners’ demands and have agreed a £26m fee.United we are told, have been balking [...]
It seems fitting the Champions League final will take place between United and Barcelona because that’s who Fergie believes possess the world’s two most gifted footballers, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.While Ronaldo hasn’t quite hit the heights of last year, and if he had we’d be questioning whether he was human or not, he has [...]
If like me you’ve been keeping an eye on Barcelona this season you will have no doubt have raised at least one eyebrow when Fergie announced that John O’Shea will definitely play in next Wednesday’s show-piece Champions League Final, because the Irishman will be up against Thierry Henry who has been back to his best [...]
Going into the final day of the season we’ve been hearing a lot of pre-match squealing emanating from the so-called "hot-bed of football" aka the North East, with talk of Manchester United being potentially sued if Fergie selects a "weakened side" on Sunday when the champions face Hull City. Aside from the fact that this [...]
So then, as expected, Newcastle and ‘Boro have been relegated, few will have been that surprised at the outcome. In the wake of yet another truly awful performance the Messiah, aka Alan Shearer, said "we weren’t good enough this season", how true. Personally, I actually have some sympathy for the Newcastle fans – yes, many [...]
The smart money might be on Jose Mourinho to eventually step into Sir Alex Ferguson’s shoes at Old Trafford, but Eric Cantona has thrown his hat into the ring. The United legend who rammed in 82 goals in 185 appearances between 1992 and 1997 has revealed his desire to take up the United hot-seat."I will [...]
Here go again, summer is just around the corner and so we must now prepare ourselves for the usual collection of half-truths and downright lies, otherwise known as transfer rumours. I must admit, I nearly fell off my chair when I read this one which comes to us courtesy of guillembalague.com because after spending the [...]
Manchester United go into tonight’s Champions League Final as slight favourites due to Barcelona’s injury problems, even though it is expected that both Thierry Henry and Iniesta will both start the game after recovering from injuries. In the case of the former Arsenal striker, it remains to be seen if the Frenchman is 100% match [...]
The atmosphere in Rome has in general been one of a celebration of football with both sets of supporters mingling without any problems, sadly fears that Italian Ultras could cause trouble have come to fruition with news that a United supporter was slashed last night outside his hotel close to the Vatican, the injuries were [...]
