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How Ferguson can land Mesut Ozil at Old Trafford

Frank — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:00:22 +0000

Transfer speculation is always part and parcel of football during the summer with dozens of big money deals mooted in the media. The bigger the fees, the more sensational the headlines until the...

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Why United should welcome the City challenge

Frank — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:00:41 +0000

Manchester City assistant manager Brian Kidd is a former United player and coach but that has not stopped him from sending out a warning to his old boss Sir Alex Ferguson that “We’re coming to get...

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Jaap Stam remembers the glory year of The Treble

Frank — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:21:11 +0000

Like every other football club manager Sir Alex Ferguson has made his share of mistakes during his 25 years at Old Traffordbut admits that his biggest one was accepting an offer from Lazio for Jaap...

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da Silva joins the Old Trafford internationals

Frank — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:00:48 +0000

In Rafa he trusts – NO, not THAT Rafa but Manchester United’s Rafael da Silva, known as Rafa to his team mates. Newly appointed Brazil coach Mano Menezes has put his trust in the young right back...

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A ‘Little Pea’ in the large Manchester United pod

Frank — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:06:08 +0000

The £1.2m Sir Alex Ferguson paid Leeds United for Eric Cantona way back in 1992 is widely regarded as the best deal ever negotiated in the Premier League. The shrewd Manchester United manager may now...

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Why the 25 player rule will NOT worry Ferguson

Frank — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:54:20 +0000

The days of winning the title with little more than a dozen players as Liverpool did in the eighties are long gone. For many years clubs were forced to build large and deep squads in order to have...

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A golden future is on the horizon at Old Trafford

Frank — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:31:19 +0000

As the senior squad prepares for a new season with a whirlwind tour of North America, the youngsters for whom Sir Alex Ferguson has such high hopes for are working hard at Carrington under reserve...

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Gordon Hill was a United pioneer in the USA

Frank — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:41:15 +0000

The 2-1 pre season defeat in Kansas City by the Wizards this morning was not the first suffered in America by Manchester United. The club has been visiting the country for decades while a number of...

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Giggs tells Ferguson haters “Five more years”

Frank — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:00:05 +0000

Self proclaimed ‘Ferguson Haters’ beware. The old boy may hang around to get under your skin for much longer than you expect if Manchester United veteran Ryan Giggs is right in his prediction. Nobody...

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‘Black Italian’ can become a Ronaldo-Messi cocktail

Frank — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:36:50 +0000

There cannot be many footballers who have had so much written about them before they hit the age of 20 as has Inter Milan youngster Mario Balotelli. Yet apart from keen students of Serie A, very...

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