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By Nick Kituno. It seems ages since Nemanja Vidić pulled on the Manchester United shirt. His last game this season coming in the UEFA Champions League against F.C. Basel in what would prove the final nail in the coffin for United’s title campaign saw him suffer knee ligament damage and rule him out for the [...]

By Tony Mogan. 12 months ago, Ravel Morrison was largely an unknown quantity. The mention of his name in a typical pub conversation over the football would have had you met with a puzzled look. Amongst United fans in particular, you would eventually find an honest bunch that had admittedly never seen him play before. [...]

By Nick Kituno. Eric Cantona is undoubtedly one of Manchester United’s most revered greats in recent memory. A man whose name is often entangled within sentences such as “1990s”, “Champions League” and “King”. To some he is a hero, and to many he is a legend. Now stateside in his attempt to rejuvenate one of [...]

By Tony Mogan Just as things seemed to be looking up after a tumultuous month, Manchester United were rocked by the news that Darren Fletcher will be taking an extended break from football, after being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a chronic inflammatory bowel condition. Following a Champions League exit and the news that Nemanja Vidic [...]

By Zac Stott A spurt of midfield injuries has left Sir Alex scratching his head. Recent injuries to Tom Cleverley and Anderson has left numbers in the middle of the park dwindling and calls for Sir Alex to make some January signings have been strongly advised. Sir Alex swept aside these rumours in his weekly [...]

By Tony Mogan The Manchester United faithful have been privy to a countless number of privileges and pleasures under Sir Alex Ferguson’s 25-year tenure as boss at Old Trafford, but the refreshing focus on the development of local talent and young prodigies being fast-tracked into the first team under the philosophy that if you are [...]

By Thomas Doyle. After another impressive performance at right-back against Sunderland, Phil Jones is fast becoming an integral part of a shape-shifting Manchester United defence this season. Whether through form or injuries, many of Sir Alex Ferguson’s usual suspects have failed to consistently deliver this season, and while Jones was bought to Old Trafford for [...]

By Nathan Thomas. After another assured performance at Goodison Park on Saturday the general opinion on David De Gea’s ability seems to be changing. Belief in the young Spaniard never wavered amongst most United fans however fans of opposition clubs as well as some sections of the media were quick to jump on De Gea [...]

By Ryan Cargill. With Manchester United sitting pretty at the top of the Barclays Premier League table, boss Sir Alex Ferguson has a welcome headache with the form of 20 year-old striker Danny Welbeck. Longsight-born Welbeck has bagged five goals in eight games for United this season, including a brace on his full UEFA Champions [...]

By Shamoon Hafez. After seeing, and raising a wry smile at, what’s kicked off across the city with our former frontman Carlos Tevez, it led me to think how the fans would react if one of our players performed in such a manner. Almost every home game, Old Trafford is packed to the rafters with [...]