Sir Alex Ferguson hinted that he may need to rein in Manchester United’s rampaging attacking play after watching his side scramble a 3-3 UEFA Champions League draw with FC Basel at Old Trafford on Tuesday. United have produced some scintillating football in the Premier League this season, plundering a whopping 22 goals in only six matches, an average of more than three goals a game. And after 17 minutes of…
Defender Patrice Evra said Manchester United would not be treating Saturday’s pre-season match against Barcelona as a friendly. It has been just over two months since the Catalan giants beat Sir Alex Ferguson’s side 3-1 in the Champions League final at Wembley, a match dominated by Barcelona. The Wembley defeat was the second time Evra has lost to Barcelona as a Manchester Untied player, and he said he was determined…
Manchester United’s Patrice Evra has urged Arsenal’s Samir Nasri to join him at the English Premier League champions. Speculation has surrounded Nasri’s future in North London, with the midfielder refusing to sign an extension on his contract. Manchester United have expressed an interest in signing the midfielder and Evra revealed that he had been talking to his France team-mate about making the switch. “I’ve talked a lot with him in…
Rio Ferdinand does not believe that Manchester United head into the new season lacking experience. The retirements of Edwin van der Sar and Paul Scholes, following on from Gary Neville’s decision to hang up his boots midway through last term, means that United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has lost three of his most senior figures within the space of six months. In addition, Owen Hargreaves has been released while Wes…
Following his team’s imperious dissection of Chelsea on Sunday, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson appeared to look forward to the Champions League final later this month with a degree of caution. ‘We have got three weeks to plan for the Barcelona game and we will need that,’ said Ferguson. Given the lesson the Spanish team handed United in beating them 2-0 in the Rome final of 2009, Ferguson is…
Manchester United host Chelsea at Old Trafford on Sunday in what amounts to a playoff for the English Premier League title. United top the table by three points from second-placed Chelsea, with the same goal difference as the defending champions. A draw will preserve their advantage going into the final two matches of the season, while a win will see Sir Alex Ferguson’s team take a six-point lead and virtually…
The expression on Wayne Rooney’s face was bordering on embarrassment. He shifted on his feet a little. Then he blew out his cheeks, shook his head and, in four words, tried to sum up the lingering sense of awkwardness. “How wrong was I?” he said, and no one listening to him could have been mistaken: this was a statement rather than a question. These are the moments when Rooney can look…
Nani is the latest Manchester United player to contemplate his future at Old Trafford, with the Portugal winger considering the possibility of severing his ties with the club in the summer. The 24-year-old is intrigued by the prospect of moving to Italy and has spoken at length with his family and his agent, Jorge Mendes, about whether a move to Serie A would be possible and if it is the…