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Written By: Bilal Sulehri on February 27, 2010 No Comment

Dutch goalkeeper Edwin Van Der Sar has signed a one year contract extension at Manchester United

The veteran keeper, 39 is now contracted to United till the end of 2010/11 season

“I still feel good and am enjoying my football. I am looking forward to winning more trophies with this great team,” said Van der Sar

Boss Sir [...]

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Written By: Bilal Sulehri on February 20, 2010 No Comment

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson wants Paul Scholes to put thoughts of retiring away by signing a new deal

Scholes said, in May last year that this season “would probably be my last”

But Ferguson has urged the 35-year-old to keep going

“He is showing on the field what he is capable of and another year would [...]

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Written By: Bilal Sulehri on February 16, 2010 No Comment

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has re-iterated his desire to keep Nemanja Vidic at the club

Rumors about Vidic wanting to move to Barcelona/ Real Madrid or AC Milan have been popping up in the newspapers

The United boss said: “Of course we want him to stay. He is a great player; one of the world’s [...]

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Written By: Bilal Sulehri on February 7, 2010 No Comment

Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said that he is proud of Rio Ferdinand

Ferdinand is set to takeover from former captain John Terry who was stripped off captaincy by Fabio Capello after allegations about his private life

“It’s great for Manchester United to have one of our players captaining England,” said Ferguson.

Ferdinand was named by [...]

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Written By: Bilal Sulehri on January 12, 2010 No Comment

Edwin Van Der Sar has ended his leave and resumes training on Monday. It was the first time he trained since his wife Annemarie van Kesteren, 36, suffered brain haemorrhage.

The Dutch keeper had been given indefinite compassionate leave by Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson after his wife uffered brain haemorrhage last month.

uffered brain haemorrhage

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Written By: Bilal Sulehri on January 10, 2010 No Comment

Manchester United missed another chance to overtake league leaders Chelsea after a grueling encounter with Birmingham at St. Andrews

A failed clearance from Evans allowed Cameron Jerome an easy finish to give Blues a shock lead

Patrice Evra’s low shot forced an own goal from Scott Dann as referee Mark Clattenburg overturned an offside decision from his [...]

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Written By: Bilal Sulehri on December 30, 2009 No Comment

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson expects the title race to come down to a battle between his side and Chelsea, with other teams falling away.

Only 10 points cover the top six sides, while third-placed Arsenal can close to within one point of Chelsea if they win their two games in hand.

Ferguson said: “It is [...]

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Written By: Bilal Sulehri on December 30, 2009 No Comment

According to Tribalfootball, Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is delighted with the progress of former Wigan Athletic winger Antonio Valencia this season.

Valencia has only contributed five goals, but the United boss knew he was signing a completely different kind of player to Cristiano Ronaldo, in terms of personality and style, when he paid Wigan [...]

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Written By: Bilal Sulehri on December 25, 2009 No Comment

Sir Alex Ferguson has branded Manchester City’s conduct in Mark Hughes’s dismissal as “unacceptable”.

The Welshman was sacked moments after Saturday’s 4-3 victory over Sunderland, with Italian Roberto Mancini immediately named as his replacement.

And the Manchester United boss criticised City chief executive Garry Cook’s handling of the affair.

“It was unacceptable behaviour. For some reason Christmas seems [...]

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Written By: Bilal Sulehri on December 13, 2009 No Comment

Two players that Sir Alex hopes to have available sooner rather than later are Rio Ferdinand and Owen Hargreaves.

The boss hinted that Rio could be fit again sometime in January, while Hargreaves is edging ever closer to competitive action.

“Rio is making some progress now, he’s much better. I think in maybe three weeks he should [...]

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