If Manchester United are to qualify for the Champions League next season, they are going to have to do it without midfielder Michael Carrick, who has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a calf problem. That is a problem for United who are a completely different side when Carrick is in […]
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Manchester United have signaled their intent to be title challengers next year with the news that they have signed PSV star Memphis Depay in a deal valued at £25 million (€31 million). The 21-year-old has attracted interest from most of Europe’s big clubs after scoring 21 goals and registering four assists for Phillip Cocu’s dominant […]
According to a new study compiled by CIES Football Observatory, Europe’s best central defender aged 23 and under is not Real Madrid’s Raphael Varane or Jose Gimenez of Atletico. Instead it is Manchester United defender Phil Jones! BEST U23 CENTRAL DEFENDERS 1 – Phil Jones (Man Utd) 2 – Jose Gimenez (Atletico Madrid) 3 – […]
It was an atrocious performance by Manchester United as they lost 1-0 at home to West Brom on Saturday. The defeat was the first time that United have lost three straight league games since 2001, and the shutout means that it is now 287 minutes and counting since United last scored. The defeat , combined […]
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has confirmed that striker Wayne Rooney is fit for the game against West Brom this weekend, despite the 29-year-old limping off against Everton last week. Initial reports suggested that Rooney had suffered ligament damage that could have brought a premature end to his season but Louis van Gaal revealed […]
First is was Barcelona who were punished for illegal transfer dealings and not it looks like their bitter rivals, Real Madrid could be facing the same punishment. A report by Spanish radio station Cadena Ser that Carlo Ancelotti’s team were to be handed a year-long transfer ban similar to that Barcelona find themselves under this […]
It is amazing the difference week can make in the life of a footballer. Last week the consensus was that Javier Hernández’s year on loan has been nothing but disappointment and that he would be returning to Manchester United this summer. But Chicharito followed up his match winner against Atletico in the Madrid derby on […]
Six Chelsea players have been named in the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Premier League team of the year. Jose Mourinho’s men are on the brink of a first title since 2010 and their dominance over the past nine months was highlighted by a cluster of blue shirts in the XI announced by the PFA on […]
Everton earned a deserved 3-0 victory over Manchester United at Goodison Park as Roberto Martinez’s tactics outwitted those of Louis van Gaal. The Everton manager has had to defend himself during a testing second season on Merseyside, but the Spaniard got his tactics spot on to earn a morale-boosting win on Sunday courtesy of goals […]