The pro Michael Owen crowd will say that Man United got him for a song on basically a pay and play deal. That he is a proven goalscorer and that playing in a team like Man United that he will regain his goalscoring touch.
Maybe he will prove us all wrong and return to his former level. But I seriously doubt that Owen will have a measureable impact on United’s upcoming season.
It is a summer where the center of European soccer has switched from the Premier League to La Liga. Benzema, Ribery, Villa, Kaka and Ronaldo have all spurned offers from Premier League teams to play in Spain, or to stay in Spain.
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Well it has finally happened. Manchester United have accepted a world record offer of £80m from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo.
“Manchester United have received a world-record, unconditional offer of £80million for Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid. At Cristiano’s request — who has again expressed his desire to leave — and after discussion with the player’s representatives, United have agreed to give Real Madrid permission to talk to the player. Matters are expected to be concluded by June 30. The club will not comment until further notice.”
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Carlos Tevez inspired a second-half comeback as Manchester United moved to the brink of the Premier League title with a 2-1 win at Wigan. The Argentine came off the bench to cancel out Hugo Rodallega’s opening goal in spectacular fashion, before Michael Carrick netted a cool winner five minutes from time.
United need just one point from their final two games to retain the title, and can do so in front of their Old Trafford crowd against Arsenal on Saturday.
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It is getting to be that time of year again. Manchester United are in the Champions League and the rumors have begun again about Cristiano Ronaldo going to Madrid.
There is a lot of noise coming out of Spain and most of it is rubbish. As we reported on our La Liga site, Florentino Perez, the man who brought Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo and David Beckham to Real Madrid will announce his candidacy for the Real Madrid club presidency on Thursday. Perez is the hands down favorite to win election on June 14th.
It is the Perez candidacy that is the catalyst for the latest Ronaldo stories.
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Manchester United are just one step away from becoming the first club to retain the UEFA Champions League trophy after inflicting a crushing 3-1 defeat on Arsenal to book their passage to the final. Buy Champions League Final Tickets
Arsenal’s hopes effectively vanished inside the opening eleven minutes after first Park Ji-Sung, capitalising on a slip by Kieran Gibbs, and then Cristiano Ronaldo, catching Manuel Almunia out with a free-kick, struck for United. Trailing 3-0 on aggregate there was no way back for the demoralised home side and Ronaldo salted their wounds with the evening’s third goal just after the hour. The only downside for Sir Alex Ferguson’s team was the dismissal of Darren Fletcher, who will now miss the final, for fouling Cesc Fàbregas to concede the penalty from which Robin van Persie struck Arsenal’s futile late reply.
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Manchester United will take a 1-0 lead into the second leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final with Arsenal. An inspired display from Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia ensured that John O’Shea’s 17th-minute strike was the only reward Sir Alex Ferguson’s side reaped from a first leg encounter they comfortably controlled.
O’Shea admitted United had not made the most of the chances they created.
“Their keeper made a couple of great saves but from the first half we could have been a couple more up,” the Ireland defender said. “Overall though we have to be happy. We are more than capable of scoring an away goal at the Emirates but it is far from over.”
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It’s another all English Champions League semi-finals and this time it matches the two most successful teams in Premier League history.
Manchester United FC v Arsenal FC
Wednesday 29 April – Old Trafford
Tuesday 5 May – Arsenal Stadium
- Since meeting for the first time on 13 October 1894, the clubs have played 204 times. The Gunners have 77 wins to United’s 82.
- Apart from last season’s final, Manchester United have never met an English club in the UEFA Champions League.
- Arsenal have faced English opposition in Europe on two previous occasions, losing quarter-finals to Chelsea in 2003/04 and Liverpool last season.
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Kick-Off: Wednesday April 29 2009, 20.45 CET, Old Trafford, Manchester.
Going for the quadruple
Premier League rivals Manchester United and Arsenal meet for the first time in European competition on Wednesday night with a place in the Champions League final up for grabs. Man United are looking to be the first team to retain the Champions League, since it changed format in 1992.
United went through a bad patch earlier this month, but they seemed to be back at their attacking best if Saturday’s 5-2 victory over Spurs is any indication.
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As we approach the end of the season in Europe, the transfer rumors start to fly. The biggest one by far is that Manchester United are in talks with AC Milan over a deal for Kaka. Now Real Madrid were supposed to have signed Kaka already but according to The Sun, Manchester United held talks with Kaka on Friday.
The report suggets that the Brazilian’s representatives met United to discuss personal terms which would total £35million in wages alone.
A source close to the AC Milan superstar confirmed:
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Didier Drogba is still yelling at the referee, but my attention has already turned to Rome. 
