Manchester United Football Blog

The Daily Mail is reporting that Manchester United may offer Carlos Queiroz a return to the club. Previously, the Portuguese coach had two spells as an assistant manager at the club. First he arrived at the club in 2002 and spent just one season before Real Madrid offered him the vacant managerial role. During this time, he had the opportunity to work with the Brazilian Ronaldo, Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, and David Beckham, with the latter joining the club from Manchester United just one week before Queiroz was appointed. He …

The match between Manchester United and Tottenham should be an entertaining football game. It kicks off at 17:30 BST at Old Trafford. For this match, United will be without star striker Wayne Rooney after Ferguson stated that his ankle injury will put him out of action for more than three weeks. Other absentees from the squad are Owen, Giggs, Hargreaves and Valencia. Tottenham have more absentees than United, being Dawson, Defoe, Huddlestone, Corluka, King, Woodgate and O’Hara. It was also reported that with a match against Inter next Tuesday, Harry …

There are still two months left until the transfer window opens again, but the press has already been mentioning several players that United may decide to purchase in January. Fuel to the fire was added when reports of a £50 million summer transfer kitty and reports regarding Rooney’s demands to attract world class talent to the club appeared in the press. Ferguson has been linked with tens of players in which he reportedly holds an interest. Ironically, history proves that Ferguson has a tendency to move for players that are …

Sir Alex Ferguson has stated that his experience in the job has taught him how to handle situations like the one of Wayne Rooney, where he convinced him that like he had done in the past, he would be working on the potential of the current Manchester United squad to challenge for major honours. Ferguson has also pointed to the fact that this sends a signal about the experience required from the manager that would succeed him once he eventually decides to retire. He says that Manchester United cannot go …

According to teammate Nani he certainly could be.  Speaking to Manutd.com the Portuguese winger illustrated his belief that Anderson can still yet make an impact as a Manchester United player.
“We all know here that he is an amazing player. He is strong, he is a very clever player too and he can be a very important player in this team.”
Both players arrived at Old Trafford from Portugal in the summer of 2007, yet whilst Nani has become one of United’s most influential players this season, Anderson has struggled to make …

The contract of ex-Liverpool star striker Michael Owen at Manchester United is due to expire at the end of this season. His start to the current campaign has been hindered by injuries. In his first season at United, Owen scored 9 goals in all competitions for United and he scored another three for United this season despite being in the starting eleven only once in the match against Sunderland. The Manchester United Number Seven has yet to enter into contract talks with his manager and club administration, and has admitted …

A leading newspaper is reporting that Manchester United are interested in Inter’s Wesley Sneijder as well as Wolfsburg’s Edin Dzeko. Both players are seen as fitting the requirements to be top-class transfers for Manchester United, fuelled by the reported claims by Rooney that United are failing to attract world class talent, as well as reports stating that Ferguson will be handed a £50 million transfer kitty next summer.

Talks with the Glazers in the negotiation process which led to Rooney’s agreement to a new five-year contract have included the acceptance by the Glazers to invest heavily in the team to remain successful. Reports are stating that the Glazer family has agreed to give Sir Alex a transfer warchest of £50 million next summer. Moreover, any revenue from sales of players will be added to this amount, unlike what happened with the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid. Ferguson will be encouraged to re-shape his squad and attract …

The news that wayne Rooney has signed a new contract with the club for the next five years was a sigh of relief for many Manchester United fans. The star striker around which Ferguson has built his team would have left a huge void at the club, probably larger than that of Cristiano Ronaldo. Reports have now started emerging about the details of the contract, although no official confirmation is expected to be forthcoming, as both Rooney and the club agreed to keep the contents of the agreement secret. The …

The Stoke City manager Tony Pulis has stated that his team can collect points and even win the match against Manchester United in the lunchtime encounter on Sunday. Ever since Stoke City have been in the Premier League, since the 2008/09 season, they have never collected a point against the Red Devils in the four games played. Stoke have not even scored a goal against Manchester United in the Premier League. The matches were played on November 15th 2008 (Man Utd 5 – 0 Stoke), December 26th 2008 (Stoke 0 …