Written on Thursday, February 2, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Manchester United Youths, Players, Transfer News
Being a Manchester United fan during the January transfer market made some feel like they were children again. Sitting inside your house watching your friends have fun outside, through your window. We felt grounded and that’s pretty much been the case ever since the Glazers took over in 2005, with a few exceptions. However, on…
Written on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Injuries, Transfer News
On Tuesday night Norwich City confirmed that defender Ritchie De Laet’s loan-spell had been cancelled, therefore, he will return to United with immediate effect. Norwich released a statement on their official website early Wednesday morning, in which Paul Lambert said: “Ritchie has gone back to Manchester United. We thank Sir Alex Ferguson for loaning him to…
Written on Saturday, January 14, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in News, Transfer News
Darron Gibson has joined Everton on a four-and-a-half-year deal after undergoing negotiations with the Merseyside club all week. He will wear the number 4 shirt visible in the image to the right. The 24-year-old moved from United for a reported fee of £1million, rising to £2million on appearances. He has become Everton’s second signing this month…
Written on Saturday, January 7, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Manchester United Latest News, Players, Transfer News
Manchester United acted surprisingly quick to rubbish reports that will be made in Saturday’s Independent that the club were set to allow Wayne Rooney leave after undergoing an argument with Sir Alex Ferguson. Without any over-exaggeration, the club issued the official statement less than a half-an-hour after The Independent front-page went public on Twitter. Another…
Written on Saturday, December 17, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Manchester United Youths, Players, Transfer News
In recent weeks, Paul Pogba has been heavily linked with Manchester City and a number of Italian clubs. These rumours came about when negotiations with United suffered a set back because the French youngster wouldn’t agree terms. Newspapers across Europe suggested that the 18-year-old would be able to leave this coming summer on a free,…
Written on Friday, December 16, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Players, Transfer News
Federico Macheda’s agent Giovanni Bia confirmed earlier this week that ‘Kiko’ will leave United in January, with fans in general assuming he meant on a loan spell. The Italian striker spent a disappointing few months last season, on loan with Sampdoria, getting limited playing time which abused the reason for taking him there in the first…
Written on Sunday, November 20, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Players, Transfer News
Due to Dimitar Berbatov’s misfortunate start to the season, rarely getting the nod to start games, newspapers began speculation linking him with a January move to Russia with his agent Emil Danchev feeding a lot of the stories to hungry sources. Danchev can we quoted in the Daily Mirror “We would be interested when Anzhi make a concrete…
Written on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Manchester United Youths, Transfer News
In the summer of 2009, Manchester United signed Paul Pogba from Le Havre, a French football club that currently play in Ligue 2. HAC have a youth academy system that can be compared with the very best, i.e, Barcelona, Ajax, Bayern Munich. Some of the players that came through their ranks are currently playing at…
Written on Friday, August 26, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Manchester United, Transfer News
So here we are again, late August and silly season is almost at an end for another few months. The transfer window is a time, I’m sure you will agree, of excitement, expectation and one of frustration. This particular transfer window has certainly contained all of the above. We have added to our squad three…
Written on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Manchester United Latest News, Transfer News
According to the Daily Mail, Aston Villa are about to offer Manchester United £3.5 million for Darron Gibson. The Irish midfielder is supposed to be fed up with the lack of first-team football and is eager to leave United for another top-flight club. The moody Irishman appeared to be on his way to Sunderland, along…
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