Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney believes the reds need to make two major signings this Summer in order to compete at the top level next season.
The PFA Player of the Year wants a return to the treble winning side of 1999 which featured four top strikers. Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole, Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer combined to make history by winning the treble that year, and Rooney believes United need similar firepower if they’re going to challenge next year.
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Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has been voted the PFA Player of the Year for 2010.
A groin injury looks to have put an end to his actions this season, but his 34 goals have helped United fight for the Premier League title after losing Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez.
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Wayne Rooney’s stunning form has seen him nominated for both the PFA Player of the Year and PFA young Player of the Year awards.
The Manchester United striker has scored an incredible 34 goals this season, including 26 league goals and has been the key figure in United’s title challenge.
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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is confident Wayne Rooney will be fit to start the weekend’s derby match against Manchester City.
The in form striker has spearheaded United’s attack this season, scoring 24 goals in the process. He has become crucial to United’s style of play and will be a massive boost to Sir Alex if he’s able to name him on the team sheet this Saturday.
Rooney aggravated an injury playing against Bayern munich a week ago, after defender Daniel Van Buyten deliberately targetted his ankle.
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Manchester united reserve team manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has attempted to lift the doom and gloom surrounding Old Trafford by insisting they can still pip Chelsea and Arsenal to the league title.
Solskjaer admits that it will be hard from this position, but thinks this weekend’s derby against City is a great opportunity for the squad to show what they’re made of.
“We cannot afford for it all to be doom and gloom. We are still in with a shout,” says the Norwegian who is now United’s reserve team manager.
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After bowing out of the title race without putting up much of a fight, it’s time to start looking towards next season and what it will bring. It’s pretty clear that the squad is lacking in certain areas and that investment is needed, but there are also one or two faces that could be on their way out when the Summer arrives.
We have been crippled with injuries at times this season and that has no doubt affected our title challenge, but it’s a squad game these days so it’s difficult to use that as an excuse. Our title rivals have all suffered injuries to key players. Arguably not as bad as our injury crisis, but when you’re missing key players your team is sufficiently weakened. Arsenal will point to the absence of Robin van Persie, while Chelsea fans will lament the loss of Michael Essien.
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Dutch legend Marco Van Basten has blasted Sir Alex Ferguson for putting Wayne Rooney‘s career at risk.
The former striker, once voted the world’s best player, had his own career cut short due to a recurring ankle injury, and he was shocked to see Wayne Rooney play on Wednesday despite clearly not being fully fit.
“When I saw Rooney limping against Bayern in the first few minutes I was begging for him to be substituted.
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Ryan Giggs has offered some words of encouragement for the young players who suffered the agony of last week’s Champions League exit.
Giggs was himself a youngster at United and suffered his own setbacks in his early career, but 11 league titles later he knows it’s how you react to defeats that makes you a Manchester United player.
“It’s how you react to setbacks that decides if you are good enough for Manchester United.”
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After going 1-0 through Wayne Rooney inside the first minute; you’d be forgiven for thinking United would go on to win the game. The tactics would be fairly simple: Allow Bayern to press forward and then hit them on the break. The deficit would force them to throw men forward and the likes of Nani, Park and Rooney could exploit the gaps left at the back as Bayern pushed for an equalizer.
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