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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

By Nathan Thomas. It was a mooted transfer that could scarcely be believed until it was set in stone on the 17th August as Robin van Persie passed a medical which saw the Dutchman seal a shock move to Manchester United. The former Arsenal striker, the nemesis of United and many others, comes at a [...]

By Simon Hughes Going back a few years will uncover a number of players who, having spent their formative years at Old Trafford, became surplus to requirements before finding their way in South Cheshire. The likes of David Platt and Robbie Savage were names that famously enjoyed a renaissance under Dario Gradi’s stewardship before going [...]