Paul Pogba reportedly passes Manchester United medical on Monday afternoon Pictures of Pogba with United laundry staff circulate on social media The Juventus midfielder is expected to sign for a fee of €105m (or £89m) Paul Pogba will become the World’s most expensive footballer when, as expected, he joins Manchester United for over £100 million tomorrow. […]
Manchester United win the Community Shield with Jose Mourinho at the helm
Leicester City 1, Man Utd 2 Jose Mourinho’s wins his first trophy as Manchester United manager – the Community Shield Jesse Lingard opens the scoring, but United are pegged back by Jamie Vardy’s equaliser Zlatan Ibrahimovic starts and scores the late winner Juan Mata comes on as substitute, but is taken off with less than a […]
A tale of two Rafaels
Man Utd 0, Chelsea 1 The chances of Rafael Benitez ever becoming Manchester United manager may be as likely as David Cameron leading the United Kingdom Independence Party into the next General Election. But when it comes to outwitting United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, Chelsea’s interim manager takes some beating. Having seen his team come […]
Never mind the quality…..feel the width
Man Utd 1, Reading 0 Fifteen points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League, a better goal difference of 13 and 18 more goals scored….. surely Manchester United can’t blow it this time? Yet this was a performance lacking in conviction, bereft of ideas and barely enough to stagger across the […]
Super Shinji’s scoring show
Man Utd 4, Norwich 0 Ryan Giggs was supposed to be top of the bill, but it was Shinji Kagawa who ended up stealing the show. Kagawa’s hat-trick was the first by an Asian player in the Premier League as it started with a fortunate flick, continued with a sublime stroke and was completed by […]