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Transfer Rumors 2012 – Ashley Cole Won’t Stay With Chelsea
It’s not a final decision yet, but it looks like Ashley Cole won’t be staying with Chelsea once the 2012-2013 season ends, not really pleased with receiving only a one year extension offer from the club and sensing that his future in football is waiting elsewhere.
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Transfer Rumors 2012 – Manchester United Chasing James Rodriguez
The Colombian youngster, James Rodriguez, isn’t exactly your classic winger type, but it isn’t stopping from Manchester United and Alex Ferguson to take a close look at the Porto player as a possible replacement for Nani, who looks more and more like a man who has overstayed his welcome.
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Best Selling Football Jerseys in the World
Unlike popular beliefs, teams do not sell millions of football jerseys each year, at least no when it comes to official merchandise. The top 3 clubs in the world when it comes to official replica shirts sales, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona, combine for just under 4 million in a season.
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Transfer Rumors 2012 – Manchester United Moving Chicharito to Real Madrid
Manchester Untied have been following quite a few Real Madrid players over the last year, hoping that their situation with the Spanish champions allows them to swoop in and purchase them for a relatively bargain price. Now, the idea of using hardly-used Mexican striker Javier Hernandez in some sort of exchange deal is brewing at Old Trafford.
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Rio Ferdinand Isn’t Good Enough for England Anymore
Instead of trying to force his way into the England lineup via the media, Rio Ferdinand should try and focus on actually playing well for Manchester United, which he hasn’t done so far this season. Roy Hodgson isn’t presented with incredible options at centre back, but it doesn’t mean the former national team captain deserves a spot on it.
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Manchester United – Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney Meant for Greatness
The defense? Could be better. The midfield? Nothing new about the problems there, each unit offering a different one. The attack? Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney started together for the first time, and made up for all those problems with some fantastic link up playing, including the second goal, bringing in much hope and promise for the rest of the season.
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Manchester United – Alex Ferguson Against Foreign Divers
What is bothering Alex Ferguson these days? Two things mostly – Manchester United being quite terrible on defense and clearing English football of diving, as long as they’re not on his team. Sergio Aguero for example, but not Nani, who has every right to dive to get a penalty for the red devils.
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Manchester United – Alex Ferguson Shifts Focus From Problems
Instead of talking about how bad Manchester United were in the first half, Ferguson just praised his lads for their second half in a 2-3 losing effort against Tottenham. Rather than focusing on the problems his team had encountering speed against a super Spurs counter attack, he talked about how Paul Scholes did a masterful job in the second half.
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Tottenham Beat Manchester United at Old Trafford For the First Time Since 1989
When you talk about statement wins, this is it. Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie came very close to scoring during 30 minutes of huge pressure on Brad Friedel’s goal, but in the end, Tottenham’s brilliant counter attacking and goals from Gareth Bale, Jan Vertonghen and Clint Dempsey were too much for Manchester United, beating the red devils at home 2-3.