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Fergie fires back at Capello and Mourinho

Sir Alex Ferguson has hit back at claims that Manchester United are in decline by England manager Fabio Capello and Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho. Capello believes United are not the “war machine” they once were and “they have started to slow down a bit compared to previously”, but Ferguson hit back, blaming injuries for [...]

December 31st, 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »

Sir Alex: Chelsea are still our biggest challengers

Sir Alex Ferguson believes that Chelsea are still the biggest threat to his title. The Manchester united boss has closed the gap on the London club to two points while Arsenal have also crept up on United, but Ferguson still believes it’ll be united or Chelsea running out as champions at the end of the [...]

December 30th, 2009 | Posted in News,Rivals | Read More »

Van der Sar’s wife suffers stroke at 37

Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van Der Sar is keeping vigil at the side of his wife after she suffered a stroke at just 37 years of age. Annmarie van Kesteren is believed to have collapsed last Wednesday as Edwin and his two children prepared for Christmas. Edwin had only recently returned to his native Holland [...]

December 29th, 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »

Fergie: Hull win was a step in the right direction

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes the win over Hull at the KC Stadium yesterday was a massive step forward for the reds. Goals from Dimitar Berbatov as well as an own goal, were enough to see off Hull, but Ferguson also pointed to the returns of Nemanja Vidic and Wes Brown to the [...]

December 28th, 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »

Cleverley: Ole helped with my finishing

Tom Cleverley credits his impressive goal return this season with learning from United legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The versatile midfielder is currently on loan at Championship side Watford and has scored 7 goals in 19 appearances for the club. “Having Ole as a coach at United means your finishing is going to get better,” said [...]

December 28th, 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »

Berbatov confident United can retain the title

Dimitar Berbatov believes Manchester United are in a good position to win the title, after closing the gap on league leaders Chelsea yesterday with a win at Hull. Chelsea drew with Birmingham on Saturday, meaning the gap between them and the champions has been narrowed to just two points. “I think we are in a [...]

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Berbatov praises strike partner Rooney

Dimitar Berbatov praised team mate Wayne Rooney for the way he bounced back from his error against Hull City yesterday. Rooney was uncharacteristically at fault for United conceding the equalizer yesterday, but his determination to put right his error led to him creating the second and third goals to ensure united took home all three [...]

December 28th, 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »

Rooney relieved after rare mistake

Wayne Rooney was a relieved man yesterday after his blunder didn’t end up costing Manchester United points. The striker opened the scoring for United just before half time, but an unusually careless back pass led to youngster Rafael conceding a penalty, which Craig Fagan duely scored. Rooney then pulled himself together to play a key [...]

December 28th, 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »

Diouf hoping for big impact

Senegalese striker Mame Biram Diouf is hoping to make a big impact when he joins Manchester United in January. The centre forward was signed by Sir Alex Ferguson in the Summer after scoring 29 goals in 63 games for Norwegian team Molde, but was immediately loaned back while a work permit was arranged. After being [...]

December 24th, 2009 | Posted in News | Read More »

Keano: Hughes shouldn’t have gone to City

Roy Keane believes Mark Hughes is better off after being sacked as Manchester City manager, and should never have taken the job to begin with. The often outspoken Ipswich boss thinks the length of time Hughes spent at Manchester United should have made him turn down the City job, in which he lasted 18 months. [...]

December 24th, 2009 | Posted in Rivals | Read More »

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