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If reports in the leading English papers are to be believed, the effect of the rehabilitation in the United States had a miraculous effect on Wayne Rooney. The striker arrived back at United’s training ground last weekend, and it has also been reported on the official website ManUtd.com that Rooney lost almost half a stone in weight and looks to have regained his energy after the ankle injury layoff. Manchester United fans are hoping to see Rooney back in action against Wigan this weekend for the first game played since …

A report appearing in the German football website 4-4-2 is linking Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov with the exit door at Old Trafford. The Bulgarian, who joined Manchester United in 2008 from Tottenham for £30.75 million, turns 30 years olf on the 30th January 2011. He wears the Number 9 for United. Until the current season, he failed to live up to the expectations of the fans out of a £30.75 million striker. He scored 14 in 43 appearances in the 2008/09 season and 12 goals in 43 appearances in …

Jordan Henderson is a product of the Sunderand youth academy and a current Sunderland first team player. He was born on the 17th June 1990 and plays regularly as an attacking midfielder, wearing the number 10 for Sunderland. He featured in the 3-0 victory that Sunderland enjoyed over Chelsea in the 13th matchweek in the 2010/11 season. After this match, he was called up to the England senior squad by Fabio Capello for the friendly match against France. Henderson is hoping to earn his first cap. He has already featured …

Ferguson’s eye for talent continues to strengthen claims that he is the best football manager in the world. Rather than throwing away millions of pounds on ready-made players, United buy young players and help them develop into quality players. The latest acquisition for Manchester United is Norwegian player Mats Moller Daehli. He has been labelled by top worldwide scouts as a very gifted player and one of the best Norwegian talents to emerge from the country. He is only 15 years old, but United have already offered him a guarantee …

The coach of German club Schalke, Felix Magath, is hoping that the club can hold on to the services of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer. The German shot-stopper is one of the best goalkeepers in Europe and interest in him is high. At only 24 years of age, the 1.94 metres German keeper has more than a decade to play at the top level of football. Until now, he has always played for Schalke 04, first as a youth between 1991 and 2004, and then as a professional senior player from 2004 …

The 13th matchweek proved to be unlucky for title rivals Chelsea, which failed to capitalise on the lost points of United at Aston Villa. The Blues had the chance of creating a 6-point cushion over United, and 5-point advantage over 2nd-placed Arsenal by winning against Sunderland on Sunday, but they failed to do so. Hence, the title race is open again, with a trio of contenders competing for the first place: Chelsea (28 points), Arsenal (26 points) and Manchester United (25 points). The placings can change next Saturday, 20th November, …

The current head coach of the French national team is Laurent Blanc. During the closing stages of his playing career, Blanc was a Manchester United player. He played for the club between 2001 and 2003 before retiring in 2003. He scored four goals in 48 matches for the club and played as a sweeper. He was also capped 97 times for France and scored 16 goals, between 1989 and 2000. He started coaching in 2007, taking over the reins at Bordeaux. His time at Bordeaux was very successful as the …

Federico Macheda is one of the best youth prospects in the current Manchester United squad. The young Italian is 19 years old and joined Manchester United from Lazio in 2007. He was promoted to the senior squad after spending the 2007/08 season in the Under 18s. In the 2008/09 season, he scored 2 goals in 5 appearance, followed by a goal in 10 appearances in 2009/10. Macheda scored United’s first goal in the match against Aston Villa when United were 2-0 down. He was instrumental in giving United the belief …

French 23-year-old winger Jeremy Menez wants to join Manchester UNited next summer. Menez currently plays for Italian club Roma in the Serie A and wants to win this division before having the chance to join Manchester United at the end of this season. Menez has spoken of this ambition and of the difficulties he found in establishing himself in the Roma line-up. This is not the first time that the young French players has been linked to Manchester United.
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The English national football team will play a friendly match against rivals France on the 17th November 2010 at Wembley Stadium. This will be an opportunity for Fabio Capello to assess players ahead of their March 2011 away match against Wales. One particular news that concerns United is the availability of Wayne Rooney for this match. Rooney was sent to the United States for rehabilitation and returned to the club training ground on Saturday 13th November. It is understood that Fabio Capello wanted to pick the striker for the mid-week …