A club is larger than any player. United are a large club. No individual in United is ensured of a palce is the main team. No one at this club is indispensible and over the years we have shaken off enough great players and fairly weak ones too. This new column by this blog takes a look at the players at the club who are slowly drifting away from the club.This blogger is not a betting guy but if he was he would definitely put money on these players to leave at some time over the next few seasons to graze on other pastures.
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Last night a Manchester City side lost in Amsterdam to Ajax There is no shame to losing to Ajax. They are brilliant, young, and they did beat city neighbors United last season. There is no shame. There is shame however when you payout millions expecting to lift one trophy and seem to be getting nowhere closer. The big sheikh at the reins of the club must be shrouded in shame.
Last night, like on every other City match, their squad, on paper looked the football equivalent of a elite Learjet. On the pitch though, they looked like a Learjet being driven by a blind pilot. City started the match showing how weak they can be as the Dutch team's attack slid open their defense like a knife slicing through thin air. Luckily for City, Samir Nasri got a goal which seemed to boost spirits for a short period of time. Ajax needed a super strike to equalise and sent City into the dressing rooms on level pegging.
In second half, normal service was resumed for the Dutch giants but only after Aguero made an excellent dash into the Ajax penalty area only to find himself rather alone. 15 minutes of Ajax possession later a cross from Eriken found Moissander in the box to put Ajax into a much deserved lead. Then the Dane himself found a shot which took a deflection off Clichy and put Ajax in the lead.
And then the Learjet crashed. Mancinoi's tactics went out of the window as City pushed hopelessly Nasri was denied a rather weak penalty claim and Aguero shot just over the bar. Nothing was working out the Englishmen. And now they are at the bottom of Group D and as Mancini aptly put it, City need a miracle to qualify. Mancini's men looked terrible last night and their manager did nothing to improve the situation. He was just a blind man piloting the Learjet, and last night looked so similar to all his other
Champions League mishaps. It seems now that City are flying (however low) in spite of rather than because of the Italian in the cockpit.
Last night, like on every other City match, their squad, on paper looked the football equivalent of a elite Learjet. On the pitch though, they looked like a Learjet being driven by a blind pilot. City started the match showing how weak they can be as the Dutch team's attack slid open their defense like a knife slicing through thin air. Luckily for City, Samir Nasri got a goal which seemed to boost spirits for a short period of time. Ajax needed a super strike to equalise and sent City into the dressing rooms on level pegging.
In second half, normal service was resumed for the Dutch giants but only after Aguero made an excellent dash into the Ajax penalty area only to find himself rather alone. 15 minutes of Ajax possession later a cross from Eriken found Moissander in the box to put Ajax into a much deserved lead. Then the Dane himself found a shot which took a deflection off Clichy and put Ajax in the lead.
And then the Learjet crashed. Mancinoi's tactics went out of the window as City pushed hopelessly Nasri was denied a rather weak penalty claim and Aguero shot just over the bar. Nothing was working out the Englishmen. And now they are at the bottom of Group D and as Mancini aptly put it, City need a miracle to qualify. Mancini's men looked terrible last night and their manager did nothing to improve the situation. He was just a blind man piloting the Learjet, and last night looked so similar to all his other
Champions League mishaps. It seems now that City are flying (however low) in spite of rather than because of the Italian in the cockpit.
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
Roo
* Sir Alex hasnt exactly been known for being a follower of the phrase 'forgive and forget'. However he has been known to hold loyalty and dedication above all. So when the team sheet was released last afternoon, all eyes flew down the names to see the forward line. When they didnt see the fammilliar name of talisman Wayne Rooney, minds of conspiracy theorists all over the world said one thing, EXPENDABLE.
Two seasons ago Wayne Rooney returned from a dissapointing world cup in south africa. In January he decided to put in a transfer request. The Rooney of two years ago felt that Manchester United lacked ambition to win anything. Every manager worth his salt had a say in the matter. Inter, City, Arsenal and big clubs all over Europe put in bids, and the United background staff went into overload trying to work out how to kkep the english striker in the theatre of dreams. In the end Rooney fell for the oldest bait in the book- MONEY. The striker 'settled' for getting paid a ludicurous 200 Grand a week and signed a new 5 year deal. Not all United fans were relieved. Most felt that the man they had bought from Everton 18 years ago then, was gettin spoilt. The fact that he became one of the highest paid [plyers in the league didnt help him.
A few days later United faced City. The atmosphere was tense as always. Louis Nani put United ahead before half time with a splendid goal. Edin Dzeko's back scored the ewualiserm as the newbie Bosnian deflected a stray shot into the United goal. Then there was magic. A cross from Nani needed a head on it to be of any use to anybody, but it got more than that. It got a boot. The picture of the Roo with head below heels, suspended in mid air hitting the ball into the roof of the net, is an image no United fan would ever forget. The goal was later voted as the best goal of the Premier League era. It seemed then that all was forgiven. Even the most old school supporter agreed than United were better with the Englishman rather than without.
Rooney since then has proved that he is shedding off the skin of the Rooney of the old. The Rooney that played with a mad rage when offended was fading away. For all of last season Rooney just picked one booking playing in the Red colours, a yellow in the last match against Sunderland. Rooney was evidently maturing. It was then that an issue lurking in the dark was raised again. Were United relying too much on Rooney. A Rooney less United lost to Blackburn, who were by a mile the most terrible team of last season. United rosters boasted Berbatov, Hernandez, and the growing Welbeck, but none offered the steam to replace the talisman. Rooney had no threat to his position in the startin lineup, he was there by default. Some felt that he might take that for granted. And then came the dutchman.
When United announced that they had signed Van Persie from Arsenal, many a opinion was cast on how will he play alongside Rooney and fellow new signing Kagawa. Others pondered on the effecty it may have on the mental side. Will Kagawa feel threatened that Van Persie would wrestle him out of his position???........
When United played against Everton and lost, the defense werent the only part of the team missing. Wayne Rooney was absent. True, he was there on the pitch, but he was hardly even a shadow of the striker who struck terror in the minds of defenses last season. So the next match he was benched and Persie took his place. Persie showed that he was worth every cent and wasnt going to be a high priced flop, scoring a goal that was truly brilliant. But in the undertone it meant that Rooney now had competition.
Maybe its no fair to the loyalty of the likes of Hernandez, and a little troublesome to Kagawa, but the signing of Van Persie gives Rooney something to work for. At last United have leverage over their wonder-striker. It makes quite a headline, and it definitely isnt going to affect the reds in anyway, but Wayne Rooney must know he is not guaranteed a position in the top ranks. He must know he like every other player is expendable.
Two seasons ago Wayne Rooney returned from a dissapointing world cup in south africa. In January he decided to put in a transfer request. The Rooney of two years ago felt that Manchester United lacked ambition to win anything. Every manager worth his salt had a say in the matter. Inter, City, Arsenal and big clubs all over Europe put in bids, and the United background staff went into overload trying to work out how to kkep the english striker in the theatre of dreams. In the end Rooney fell for the oldest bait in the book- MONEY. The striker 'settled' for getting paid a ludicurous 200 Grand a week and signed a new 5 year deal. Not all United fans were relieved. Most felt that the man they had bought from Everton 18 years ago then, was gettin spoilt. The fact that he became one of the highest paid [plyers in the league didnt help him.
A few days later United faced City. The atmosphere was tense as always. Louis Nani put United ahead before half time with a splendid goal. Edin Dzeko's back scored the ewualiserm as the newbie Bosnian deflected a stray shot into the United goal. Then there was magic. A cross from Nani needed a head on it to be of any use to anybody, but it got more than that. It got a boot. The picture of the Roo with head below heels, suspended in mid air hitting the ball into the roof of the net, is an image no United fan would ever forget. The goal was later voted as the best goal of the Premier League era. It seemed then that all was forgiven. Even the most old school supporter agreed than United were better with the Englishman rather than without.
Rooney since then has proved that he is shedding off the skin of the Rooney of the old. The Rooney that played with a mad rage when offended was fading away. For all of last season Rooney just picked one booking playing in the Red colours, a yellow in the last match against Sunderland. Rooney was evidently maturing. It was then that an issue lurking in the dark was raised again. Were United relying too much on Rooney. A Rooney less United lost to Blackburn, who were by a mile the most terrible team of last season. United rosters boasted Berbatov, Hernandez, and the growing Welbeck, but none offered the steam to replace the talisman. Rooney had no threat to his position in the startin lineup, he was there by default. Some felt that he might take that for granted. And then came the dutchman.
When United announced that they had signed Van Persie from Arsenal, many a opinion was cast on how will he play alongside Rooney and fellow new signing Kagawa. Others pondered on the effecty it may have on the mental side. Will Kagawa feel threatened that Van Persie would wrestle him out of his position???........
When United played against Everton and lost, the defense werent the only part of the team missing. Wayne Rooney was absent. True, he was there on the pitch, but he was hardly even a shadow of the striker who struck terror in the minds of defenses last season. So the next match he was benched and Persie took his place. Persie showed that he was worth every cent and wasnt going to be a high priced flop, scoring a goal that was truly brilliant. But in the undertone it meant that Rooney now had competition.
Maybe its no fair to the loyalty of the likes of Hernandez, and a little troublesome to Kagawa, but the signing of Van Persie gives Rooney something to work for. At last United have leverage over their wonder-striker. It makes quite a headline, and it definitely isnt going to affect the reds in anyway, but Wayne Rooney must know he is not guaranteed a position in the top ranks. He must know he like every other player is expendable.
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Vs AmaZulu
This blogger at the moment is on well earned vacation and thus you folks will see posts less frequently but before I leave here's the squad for Pre-Season
I hadn't heard of our opponents ever and i decide to do some research on them. They are South African obviously. Other than that i failed to find any revelant info. However the variation of game styles could just make the game a tee bit interesting, but frankly I'm still waiting for the thankfully as yet un-hyped game against FC Barcelona.
A. LINDERGAARD
AMOS
JOHNSTONE
FERDINAND
VESELI
VERMIJIL
WOOTON
BLACKETT
VALENCIA
ANDERSON
CARRICK
SCHOLES
POWELL
KAGAWA
BEBE
TUNNICLIFFE
LINGARD
BRADY
PETRUCCI
BERBATOV
CHICARITO
MACHEDA
I hadn't heard of our opponents ever and i decide to do some research on them. They are South African obviously. Other than that i failed to find any revelant info. However the variation of game styles could just make the game a tee bit interesting, but frankly I'm still waiting for the thankfully as yet un-hyped game against FC Barcelona.
AMOS
JOHNSTONE
FERDINAND
VESELI
VERMIJIL
WOOTON
BLACKETT
VALENCIA
ANDERSON
CARRICK
SCHOLES
POWELL
KAGAWA
BEBE
TUNNICLIFFE
LINGARD
BRADY
PETRUCCI
BERBATOV
CHICARITO
MACHEDA
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
England- The need to rebuild
24th June 2012. Ashley Cole walks up to the penalty spot to take England's soon to be last kick of the ball in Euro 2012. He launches it low but not quite wide enough as the once World XI keeper Buffon makes a save. Italy, Buffon's team, calmly convert the next. Hearts are broken. English fans had just started to believe that they could go all the way that tournament. But history, sadly for them, repeated itself in the most brutal manner possible. Another Quarter-Final, another Penalty Shootout, another dip into gloom.
England started the tournament as Underdogs. Roy Hodson, their new manager, knew his short term goals pretty well. Stabilize a team, broken by ego's, torn apart regularly by scandals. The team he inherited had to be rebuilt, but for the European Championships just a few weeks away, durability to turn away opponent attacks and impermeability to block the waves of super-stars they were due to face.
The new manager's team choice was widely criticized but to the more observant eye he had done well. The team's defense built around a core of Terry and Lescott, one a champions league winner and the other a Premier League winner. Behind they had the Golden Glove of Joe Hart, the Man City Number 1. Ashley Cole and Glen Johnson on the flanks. The Midfield was built to defend. Steven Gerrard and Scot Parker, captain and former captain, knew they had track back to defend for majority of the match. The flanks was where the counterattack was built with two men and two more for back up who would work hard and get the ball forward and at the same time defend the flanks. The strike force of Danny Welbeck, Andy Caroll, and the standby Wayne Rooney(unavailable for 2 games due to suspension) looked brutal . England were tipped by many to fizzle out of the competition in the group stages, but they emerged as winners. However the Azzuri proved too much in the penalty shootout even though England held out attack after attack by the Italians. Roy however would do well to not disband the old guard in a hurry as that could lead to the ugly head of ego, of which English players have a lot, to rise itself again. ABV tried at Chelsea and see where that got him. No. He needs to build through them, not around the, not without them.
Smalling, Evans, Cleverley, Jones, Wilshere, Walker, Ruddy are prospective talents. England have a teenage Ox in the ranks and have many more such talents under the folds of Youth Academies around the country. Roy should build around them, the new talent, and by 2012 should have a team that go into the tournament as at least dark horses, but maybe with much more controlled ego's. Definitely.
England started the tournament as Underdogs. Roy Hodson, their new manager, knew his short term goals pretty well. Stabilize a team, broken by ego's, torn apart regularly by scandals. The team he inherited had to be rebuilt, but for the European Championships just a few weeks away, durability to turn away opponent attacks and impermeability to block the waves of super-stars they were due to face.
The new manager's team choice was widely criticized but to the more observant eye he had done well. The team's defense built around a core of Terry and Lescott, one a champions league winner and the other a Premier League winner. Behind they had the Golden Glove of Joe Hart, the Man City Number 1. Ashley Cole and Glen Johnson on the flanks. The Midfield was built to defend. Steven Gerrard and Scot Parker, captain and former captain, knew they had track back to defend for majority of the match. The flanks was where the counterattack was built with two men and two more for back up who would work hard and get the ball forward and at the same time defend the flanks. The strike force of Danny Welbeck, Andy Caroll, and the standby Wayne Rooney(unavailable for 2 games due to suspension) looked brutal . England were tipped by many to fizzle out of the competition in the group stages, but they emerged as winners. However the Azzuri proved too much in the penalty shootout even though England held out attack after attack by the Italians. Roy however would do well to not disband the old guard in a hurry as that could lead to the ugly head of ego, of which English players have a lot, to rise itself again. ABV tried at Chelsea and see where that got him. No. He needs to build through them, not around the, not without them.
Smalling, Evans, Cleverley, Jones, Wilshere, Walker, Ruddy are prospective talents. England have a teenage Ox in the ranks and have many more such talents under the folds of Youth Academies around the country. Roy should build around them, the new talent, and by 2012 should have a team that go into the tournament as at least dark horses, but maybe with much more controlled ego's. Definitely.
Saturday, 19 May 2012
ADUIEU to another NUMBER 7
One of those spectacular careers whose breaks were applied a little to quick due to the brutal hand of injury.This is the story of a teenage stalwart destined for greatness, momentary greatness nonetheless, but greatness. The story of a boy who'd passed his glory days before he turned Man. The story of the departing number 7 of United, the story of a star that , just for a little while, burned bright.
On 6th May 1997, Liverpool played their last game of the 96-97 Premier League season. They were away Wimbledon and lost 2-1, but on that day a seventeen year old striker scored the solitary Red goal. 1 year later he was joint top scorer in the Premier League with 18 goals with the likes of Chris Sutton and Dion Dublin. Fast forward 14 years and the striker lay in waste in a Manchester United team in transition, making just a hand full of appearances. This story is about a row of dominoes, one event leading to another, a chaos theory some would say, to end the glow of a young flame.
98-99 Season. Michael Owen has scored 23 goals in 40 appearances in all competitions. Liverpool are playing at Elland Road, away to Leeds. The 19 year old tore a hamstring and fell to the ground and the Kop that day saw a sight that would become a disturbingly common occurrence in the young man's career both home and abroad. The first domino had fallen.
99-2000 Season. Owen struggles to make appearances due to reoccurring hamstring injuries but still amasses 12 goals and Liverpool qualify for the UEFA cup. The turn of the Milena also bought the Euro 2000 and English fans saw it as an opportunity for England to rise from the ashes of the 98 World Cup in France. Owen was injured. England lost out in the group stages to Portugal and Romania.
2001 F.A Cup Final. Liverpool are on the road to winning a treble of the UEFA Cup and the two domestic cups. They faced a strong opposition in the form of Arsenal, runners-up in the league.In A open game but without any clear cut opportunities the first goal came at the 71st Minute and it was the Gunners who got their noses in front. The Kop were devastated. Gerrard Houllier made a set of attacking changes. 82nd Minute, Garry McAllister gets a free kick near the Arsenal penalty area. The kick missed but Arsenal failed to completely clear the resulting loose ball and Owen rose to the occasion equalising with a poachers goal. 88th Minute. The tie seemed doomed for Extra time. Michael Owen and Liverpool had other plans. Owen gets a wonderful ball, dribbles through a few from the flanks, cuts in and beats David Seaman at the far post. The then Scouscer got the man of the match champagne and the Final till now is known as the Michael Owen final.
A game against Spurs and Owen is injured again. It's the troublesome hamstring. Liverpool rule him out for six-weeks. The next domino.
13th August 2004. Real Madrid have successfully bid for Michael Owen, reinforcing their star studded line-up, called the Galactico-s.With a slow start to his Madrid career, he was often confined to the bench and drew criticism from fans and the Spanish press for his lack of form. A successful return to action with the England squad in October 2004 seemed to revive his morale, however, and in the first following match, he scored his first goal for the club, the winner in a 1–0 Champions League victory over Dynamo Kyiv. He ended the season with thirteen goals in La Liga, with the season's highest ratio of goals scored to number of minutes played. No injuries but he was going back to England.
24th August 2005. Roughly a year after moving to Spain, Owen was moving again, this time to Tyneside to Newcastle United. December 31st. Another game against Spurs, and another injury. This time a broken metatarsal. Being ruled out for months, one can assume that the partying wasn't exactly jubilant at the Owen household that New-Years. The third Domino. Thud.
24th March 2006. England are playing at Sweden in the first match of the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Owen is on the ground again and this time within the first minute. This time its the knee and it is a ligament tear. England rule him out for 9 months sparking a fresh Club vs Country row about who carries the liability for an injured player while on National Duty. Amongst this confusion, another Domino fell, unheard by many. The young man's career was in tatters.
2007 February. Owen's back in training and the press is going crazy about the young man who caused such a big Hullabaloo in the footballing world.(It wasn't his fault of course). A few months forward, he was out again picking a thigh injury in pre-season. The fifth domino fell. Four fresh injuries that season meant Owen was suddenly out of the starting line-up. Rumours of a transfer loomed but no one offered.
3rd July 2009. Sir Alex makes a surprise move to sign the free agent who was out of contract. Newcastle were out of the Premier League and Owen refused to resign a contract. So he signed for United. He scored on his debut as he had done with Liverpool, and gave united a 4-3 win against neighbours City in what the Citizens called 'Fergie Time'.
28th February 2010. Owen scores United first goal in a 2-1 victory over Aston-Villa in the League Cup Final, but subsequently pulls a hamstring. United rule Owen out for months as the ol' hamstring requires surgery. Another Domino
2011 Season. United won the league again, and in style. Pipping Chelsea to the title in the second last week, United, already champions, were loosing at home to Blackpool in the final game. United came right back winning 4-2 with Owen scoring the final goal in trade-mark Michael Owen style.
United struggled in Europe the next season and Owen pulled his thigh in a match against Romanian minnows Oetul Galati. United fell out of Europe's elite and Michael Owen lost another standing domino. United rejected a contact renewal, and now the teenage prodigy, the line of dominoes lies in transfer limbo. Where he goes next is still a mystery but as we bid farewell to another Number 7,
we pray and hope that there are no more falling dominoes, that the series of injury that has marred a players brilliance come to an end. We bid thee adieu MICHAEL OWEN.
On 6th May 1997, Liverpool played their last game of the 96-97 Premier League season. They were away Wimbledon and lost 2-1, but on that day a seventeen year old striker scored the solitary Red goal. 1 year later he was joint top scorer in the Premier League with 18 goals with the likes of Chris Sutton and Dion Dublin. Fast forward 14 years and the striker lay in waste in a Manchester United team in transition, making just a hand full of appearances. This story is about a row of dominoes, one event leading to another, a chaos theory some would say, to end the glow of a young flame.
98-99 Season. Michael Owen has scored 23 goals in 40 appearances in all competitions. Liverpool are playing at Elland Road, away to Leeds. The 19 year old tore a hamstring and fell to the ground and the Kop that day saw a sight that would become a disturbingly common occurrence in the young man's career both home and abroad. The first domino had fallen.
99-2000 Season. Owen struggles to make appearances due to reoccurring hamstring injuries but still amasses 12 goals and Liverpool qualify for the UEFA cup. The turn of the Milena also bought the Euro 2000 and English fans saw it as an opportunity for England to rise from the ashes of the 98 World Cup in France. Owen was injured. England lost out in the group stages to Portugal and Romania.
2001 F.A Cup Final. Liverpool are on the road to winning a treble of the UEFA Cup and the two domestic cups. They faced a strong opposition in the form of Arsenal, runners-up in the league.In A open game but without any clear cut opportunities the first goal came at the 71st Minute and it was the Gunners who got their noses in front. The Kop were devastated. Gerrard Houllier made a set of attacking changes. 82nd Minute, Garry McAllister gets a free kick near the Arsenal penalty area. The kick missed but Arsenal failed to completely clear the resulting loose ball and Owen rose to the occasion equalising with a poachers goal. 88th Minute. The tie seemed doomed for Extra time. Michael Owen and Liverpool had other plans. Owen gets a wonderful ball, dribbles through a few from the flanks, cuts in and beats David Seaman at the far post. The then Scouscer got the man of the match champagne and the Final till now is known as the Michael Owen final.
A game against Spurs and Owen is injured again. It's the troublesome hamstring. Liverpool rule him out for six-weeks. The next domino.
13th August 2004. Real Madrid have successfully bid for Michael Owen, reinforcing their star studded line-up, called the Galactico-s.With a slow start to his Madrid career, he was often confined to the bench and drew criticism from fans and the Spanish press for his lack of form. A successful return to action with the England squad in October 2004 seemed to revive his morale, however, and in the first following match, he scored his first goal for the club, the winner in a 1–0 Champions League victory over Dynamo Kyiv. He ended the season with thirteen goals in La Liga, with the season's highest ratio of goals scored to number of minutes played. No injuries but he was going back to England.
24th August 2005. Roughly a year after moving to Spain, Owen was moving again, this time to Tyneside to Newcastle United. December 31st. Another game against Spurs, and another injury. This time a broken metatarsal. Being ruled out for months, one can assume that the partying wasn't exactly jubilant at the Owen household that New-Years. The third Domino. Thud.
24th March 2006. England are playing at Sweden in the first match of the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Owen is on the ground again and this time within the first minute. This time its the knee and it is a ligament tear. England rule him out for 9 months sparking a fresh Club vs Country row about who carries the liability for an injured player while on National Duty. Amongst this confusion, another Domino fell, unheard by many. The young man's career was in tatters.
2007 February. Owen's back in training and the press is going crazy about the young man who caused such a big Hullabaloo in the footballing world.(It wasn't his fault of course). A few months forward, he was out again picking a thigh injury in pre-season. The fifth domino fell. Four fresh injuries that season meant Owen was suddenly out of the starting line-up. Rumours of a transfer loomed but no one offered.
3rd July 2009. Sir Alex makes a surprise move to sign the free agent who was out of contract. Newcastle were out of the Premier League and Owen refused to resign a contract. So he signed for United. He scored on his debut as he had done with Liverpool, and gave united a 4-3 win against neighbours City in what the Citizens called 'Fergie Time'.
28th February 2010. Owen scores United first goal in a 2-1 victory over Aston-Villa in the League Cup Final, but subsequently pulls a hamstring. United rule Owen out for months as the ol' hamstring requires surgery. Another Domino
2011 Season. United won the league again, and in style. Pipping Chelsea to the title in the second last week, United, already champions, were loosing at home to Blackpool in the final game. United came right back winning 4-2 with Owen scoring the final goal in trade-mark Michael Owen style.
United struggled in Europe the next season and Owen pulled his thigh in a match against Romanian minnows Oetul Galati. United fell out of Europe's elite and Michael Owen lost another standing domino. United rejected a contact renewal, and now the teenage prodigy, the line of dominoes lies in transfer limbo. Where he goes next is still a mystery but as we bid farewell to another Number 7,
we pray and hope that there are no more falling dominoes, that the series of injury that has marred a players brilliance come to an end. We bid thee adieu MICHAEL OWEN.
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
TRANSFER TARGETS.....
The season is over, and what a season it has been. The two horse race saw many hurdles on the way and though the blue horse won it's not all blue in Manchester. United still exist and this season has shown that reinforcements are needed for the age-ing legs of Ferdinand, Giggs and ol' Scholsey. Sir Alex has always turned to youth but this column struggles to see how sucessful that would be in the next few years. Out of the three reserve players tipped too be glorious Reds, Pogba has left to Turin, Morrison sent to London, leaving Fryers who has 1 league and 1 Champions league appearance to his name. The Keane brothers (Michael and Will) and Jeese Lindergaard look delightful but are a few years in the coming. So Fergie must dive into the transfer market and dive deep, as the Glazers will not put up with wasting another 10M on a player like Bebe.
This column takes a look at all players that have been associated with the Reds in the last month and what they will or will not give to the club.
Name: SHINJI KAGAWA
Age : 23
Team: Borussia Dortmund
Position: Attacking Midfielder.
Source: Various
This column takes a look at all players that have been associated with the Reds in the last month and what they will or will not give to the club.
Name: SHINJI KAGAWA
Age : 23
Team: Borussia Dortmund
Position: Attacking Midfielder.
Source: Various
The young Japaneese has turned many heads in his three season in the Bundesliga and could be the missing link in United's Midfield. He isn't the next Paul Scholes but he could add a boost of stability and speed of the rather tired legs we have seen in this season's United midfield Kicker reports that Shinji Kagawa flew to Manchester with his adviser Thomas Kroth on Monday night. United are rated favourites to land the midfielder after sports director Michael Zorc admitted Borussia Dortmund's bid to keep the Japan international has failed. "Shinji told us that he will definitely not renew his contract with us," Zorc informed Bild.
Name: ROBERT LOWANDOWSKI
Age: 23
Team: Borussia Dortmund
Position: Striker
Source: Various
The Polish striker has like his teammate mentioned above captured managers' sights, especially after scoring a Hat-Trick in a 5-2 win againt Bayern Munchen in the German Cup Final, which incedentally Sir Alex happened to be watching. A striker in the form of Dimitar Berbatov is leaving Old Trafford, somebody needs to step in and the Polish is wonderful for that spot. Obviously he isn't as creative as the Berba but he is quite something. "Dortmund's offer is not good enough," said Lewandowski's agent Maik Barthel. "I can confirm that United are interested."
Name: MATS HUMMELS
Age : 23
Team : Borussia Dortmund
Position: Central Defender
Source : VArious
Uniited's defence this year has been shaky this season. Rio's acceleration is a=not what it was and the Smalling and Evns lack of experience showed. Thus what better to have a German internstional to take clog a few holes. He's been impressive this season and is the last of the Dortmund trio to be associated with Dortmund. It's also reported that Hummels' father was invited to Manchester recently but Dortmund will only entertain the thought of Kagawa, who has a year left on his contract, leaving.
Name: LEIGHTON BAINES
Age : 27
Team : Everton
Position: Left Back
Source: Daily Mirror
Another hole in United's defence apperared at the left back position with Patrice Evra struggling against wingers for majority of the campaign. Stats will tell you otherwise and will tell you he has been the best defender this season, but stats are not all reality. The Frenhman has still looked dangerous on the attack but defending he has lost out many times, most significantly in the 2-1 loss to Liverpool in the F.A Cup. An English international could easily clog that hle, but it depends wheteher the Tofees manager David Moyes will sell.
Name: Eden Hazard
Age :21
Team :Lille
Position: Attacking Midfielder
Source: Various
The man with contradicting names has a choice to make, Red or Blue. However one thing's certain, it's going to be Manchester. The Belgium international has been the number 1 target in Mancini's books and United's name doesn't come up as often as City's, but United have interest and if the younster goes to the other side, it could be dangerous for the Reds. On 28 April, for the third consecutive season, Hazard was nominated for the UNFP Player of the Year award. Two weeks later, he was awarded the prestigious honour ahead of the likes of Olivier Giroud and Younès Belhanda. He was also in the team of the year for the third time.
Name: Nicolas Gaitan
Age : 24
Team :Benfica
Position : Attacking Midfielder
Source: Various
Probably the most probable of all transfers, Gaitan has expressed his desire to be at the right side of Manchester, so much that at the time of this article's typing, Wikipedia shows Gaitan's current club as Manchester United. Probabilty of trasfer- 99.99%..........
This is all for this edition of transfer targets, see in one months time. We will keep you posted on any rumors floating in the world of football about United.....Bye for Now
Age : 27
Team : Everton
Position: Left Back
Source: Daily Mirror
Another hole in United's defence apperared at the left back position with Patrice Evra struggling against wingers for majority of the campaign. Stats will tell you otherwise and will tell you he has been the best defender this season, but stats are not all reality. The Frenhman has still looked dangerous on the attack but defending he has lost out many times, most significantly in the 2-1 loss to Liverpool in the F.A Cup. An English international could easily clog that hle, but it depends wheteher the Tofees manager David Moyes will sell.
Name: Eden Hazard
Age :21
Team :Lille
Position: Attacking Midfielder
Source: Various
The man with contradicting names has a choice to make, Red or Blue. However one thing's certain, it's going to be Manchester. The Belgium international has been the number 1 target in Mancini's books and United's name doesn't come up as often as City's, but United have interest and if the younster goes to the other side, it could be dangerous for the Reds. On 28 April, for the third consecutive season, Hazard was nominated for the UNFP Player of the Year award. Two weeks later, he was awarded the prestigious honour ahead of the likes of Olivier Giroud and Younès Belhanda. He was also in the team of the year for the third time.
Name: Nicolas Gaitan
Age : 24
Team :Benfica
Position : Attacking Midfielder
Source: Various
Probably the most probable of all transfers, Gaitan has expressed his desire to be at the right side of Manchester, so much that at the time of this article's typing, Wikipedia shows Gaitan's current club as Manchester United. Probabilty of trasfer- 99.99%..........
This is all for this edition of transfer targets, see in one months time. We will keep you posted on any rumors floating in the world of football about United.....Bye for Now
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)