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Henriquez Secures Wigan Loan Move and King Joins Blackburn Permanently

By Nathan Youd Angelo Henriquez has joined Wigan Athletic on loan until the end of the season. The 18-year-old Chilean International joined Manchester United in the summer and has made four appearances scoring two goals in the process for the U21s team. Henriquez is in line to make his debut against AFC Bournemouth in the third [...]

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What Does The Future Hold For Luis Nani?

By Sean McCarron With January approaching, football fans across the whole of England will be wondering who their club will be buying or selling. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson this week confirmed he will definitely not be adding to his squad this January. He did not mention about detracting from it though. United winger [...]

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Former Player Progress Report: Everton Fan Discusses Darron Gibson

By Oliver Thompson (Everton fan) It’s been almost twelve months now since Darron Thomas Daniel Gibson signed for Everton from Manchester United for the princely sum of 500 thousand pounds and what a twelve months he has had. When the news first broke that Everton were interested in Gibbo there were many moans and groans [...]

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Bestie

By Iain McCartney Although not old enough to have seen the ‘Babes’, I can, however, say that I had the pleasure of watching the ‘Trinity’ in action, both home and away. Charlton was always simply ok. Denis was of course the “King” – I had a middle page spread from Charles Buchan’s Football Monthly pinned to my [...]

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The Man Who Would Be King

By Iain McCartney This Monday marks 20 years since Eric Cantona signed for United. Author Iain McCartney writes a piece on our enigmatic hero. Few footballers can have made as much of an impact on a club as Eric Cantona did with Manchester United. Certainly, no individual’s name rings out from the terracing’s and stands [...]

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Has Fergie got the formula of ‘99 right again?

By Matthew Jones MOST of the talk so far this season has been about our pretty porous defence and how we can’t start games properly. But honestly, with our most potent strike force since the treble winning season of 1999 at Sir Alex Ferguson’s disposal, should we care? Manchester United are the kings of the [...]

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The Young Ones

By Nathan Thomas. Wednesday night’s Champions League victory over SC Braga ensured that United finished top of Group H with two games to spare. An all-conquering campaign it has not been, but when compared to last season’s shambolic group stage, there is surely little room to grumble after Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Javier [...]

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Teen Duo Loaned To Foxes

By Lee Savery Leicester City have completed the loan signings of Michael Keane and Jesse Lingard on one month deals. With injuries to Sean St Ledger and Jamie Vardy and a suspension for Zak Whitbread, the Foxes have swooped for the two teenage starlets of the Red Devils to provide cover for these absentees. Keane, [...]

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Why Robin van Persie Could Be The Most Important Signing Since Cantona

By Matthew Jones ROBIN van Persie is one hell of a signing. It was true when the possibility of getting him actually turned to reality and it’s proving to be true in the very short time he’s been a Manchester United player. But just how important could he be? Before the van Persie purchase, I [...]

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Dimitar Berbatov – Some Things Are Just Not Meant To Be

By Nathan Thomas. Dimitar Berbatov’s four million pounds move to Fulham on Friday brought to an end a rather peculiar Manchester United career. In every essence, Berbatov should have been the quintessential United player. Calm, charismatic and above all a maverick who plays the game his own way. The Bulgarian forward, bought from Tottenham Hotspur [...]

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