For Manchester United, their warm-weather training in Dubai has worked wonders. After a 10-day break, they returned to Premier League football in a convincing 3-0 win at home to Stoke on Monday night. Now, Jose Mourinho’s men look to this Saturday’s fixture away to Burnley. Sean Dyche will manage his 100th Premier League game this … Read more
It has been a funny few years since Ryan Giggs announced his retirement, but he has finally landed his first managerial position. After failed attempts to be in the Old Trafford hot seat ahead of Jose Mourinho and being turned down for other Premier League jobs, he has now been trusted with taking the Wales … Read more
For the most part, age is certainly on the side of the Manchester United squad. With young names coming through the ranks such as Marcus Rashford, Axel Tuanzebe, Scott McTominay and Angel Gomes, to players who are now reaching the maturing stage of their careers while still being relatively young such as Paul Pogba, Romelu … Read more
Manchester United agree personal terms with Alexis Sanchez The last few days have seen media speculation focus solely on one man – Alexis Sanchez. The Chile international, whose current Arsenal deal is set to expire at the end of the campaign, was widely expected to make the move to league leaders Manchester City this month. … Read more
The left-back position at Manchester United has historically been one of the least problematic to successfully ‘fill’ down through the years, with a succession of great players making the number 3 shirt ‘their own’ during their time at Old Trafford… I give you Tony Dunne, Arthur Albiston, Denis Irwin, Patrice Evra… and those legends were … Read more
It must be noted that this article was written on the evening of the 16.01.18. If Sanchez ends up joining Real Madrid or Shrewsbury, disregard the following. As I’m writing this, United are possibly on the cusp of signing Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal with Henrikh Mkhitaryan going the other way. A month ago you would … Read more
Manchester United secured a routine 3-0 win over Stoke City at Old Trafford, cutting the gap to Manchester City at the top of the table to 12 points. Antonio Valencia and Anthony Martial both scored stunners to put United 2-0 up at half-time, and even though they had a host of chances to finish the … Read more
Man of the Match against Stoke City was a hard one to call. Anthony Martial was a constant threat and finished with a quite brilliant goal and assist and Romelu Lukaku was superb all night. His hold up play, which has taken much stick since his arrival at Old Trafford, has been good for the … Read more
David De Gea 7 – One nervous moment under a high ball first half but one top class stop from Shaqiri towards the end of first half. Could have been given an umbrella to shield from the rain in the second. Luke Shaw 6 – never stopped getting forward. Although Martial took most of the … Read more
Antonio Valencia marked his return to the Manchester United first-team with a stunning strike as Jose Mourinho’s men ran out comfortable 3-0 winners against a hapless Stoke City side at Old Trafford on Monday night. The commanding victory over the Potters sees United reduce the gap with league leaders Manchester City to 12 points, following … Read more