Manchester United: The Greatest XI



Written on Saturday, July 9, 2011 by   in Manchester United History

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Throughout the club’s revered history, we have had some of the finest players in the world pull on the famous jersey. Now, each fan has their own favourites, depending largely on how long you have been a fan and personal preference, and it would be interesting to see what my fellow fans’ favourite ever XI for Manchester…
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Nemanja Vidic staying at United according to agent



Written on Sunday, June 12, 2011 by   in News

Nemanja Vidic, league champions 2011

Manchester United’s captain, Nemanja Vidic, will be staying at Old Trafford, according to his agent Silvano Martina. The Serbian defender, aged 29, has been linked with a move to a number of Serie A sides including Juventus, but Martina put all the speculation to bed when speaking to an Italian radio station. “I talked to…
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Vidic: I am happy to be the captain of such a big club



Written on Saturday, May 28, 2011 by   in Champions League

Manchester United captain, Nemanja Vidic, feels a lot better now that he has removed the monkey from his back by lifting the Premier League trophy last week – the club’s record-breaking nineteenth time. Before the season began in September Ferguson gave Vidic the captain’s armband when he decided to remove it from now-retired Gary Neville….
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PFA Team Of The Year 2011: Containing four United players



Written on Monday, April 18, 2011 by   in Premier League

Rafael with Bale, PFA Player Of The Year in his back pocket! Manchester United and Arsenal dominated the Premier League team of the year with at total of seven players between them being included in the XI. However, the whole ceremony became a joke when Tottenham Hotspur winger, Gareth Bale was named PFA Player of…
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Vidic: United For Life!



Written on Sunday, April 17, 2011 by   in News

Vidic pictured after that magical night in Moscow. Despite Nemanja Vidic being linked with a move to number of other top clubs throughout Europe, he has said that he would like to spend the remainder of his career at Manchester United. Nemanja Vidic signed for Manchester United for a reported fee of around £7 million…
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Guest Post: What I look for in a ‘perfect XI’



Written on Friday, April 15, 2011 by   in Players

Growing up in India, it is a normal thing to find yourself crowded with cricket obsessed people, giving their expert views on each and every aspect of the game. I, being no exception, was growing up in the same circumstances. But the FIFA World Cup 2006 held in Germany attracted my attention towards football. Sitting…
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Nemanja Vidic believes the absence of City’s Tevez isn’t an advantage for United



Written on Thursday, April 14, 2011 by   in FA Cup

Manchester United and Manchester City will meet Saturday in the semi-final of the FA Cup. Both teams will be without their main strikers (Wayne Rooney & Carlos Tevez) for the special occasion but that shouldn’t stop the game from living up to it’s high expectations. Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic believes the absence of Manchester…
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Rio’s Return



Written on Sunday, April 10, 2011 by   in Players

With games coming thick and fast fortunately United’s injury crisis seems to be over the worst with key players such as Ji-Sung Park and Antonio Valencia coming back to provide valuable boosts to the Reds hunt for silverware. However the most important return could be in the shape of Rio Ferdinand who, after making his…
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Match Report: Chelsea 0-1 Manchester United



Written on Thursday, April 7, 2011 by   in Champions LeagueMatch Reports

Wayne Rooney on the camera for all the right reasons. A repeat of the 2008 final went Manchester United’s way as they go back to Old Trafford a goal ahead thanks to Wayne Rooney, who put United a step closer to the ‘swear way of heaven’ (Wembley). Manchester United will obviously go into their second…
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Rio Ferdinand May Miss United’s Run-in



Written on Thursday, March 17, 2011 by   in News

Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that there is a possibility that Rio Ferdiand won’t play again for the remainder of the season after picking up a calf injury in a warm-up before Manchester United’s 2-1 defeat at Wolves in early February. Poor Rio might never get the chance to play with Van Der Sar again……
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