Rowlesy's Ramblings

Paul Rowles columns for Stretty News.
Rowlesy’s Ramblings – Timo Werner will not join Man United
Welcome to another one of my Rowlesy’s Ramblings. I hope you’ve all had as good a week as possible during lockdown. I...
Rowlesy’s Ramblings – Dispelling a Jadon Sancho myth
Hello and welcome back to Rowlesy’s Ramblings. Every Monday morning, you lucky lot will have the opportunity to wake up to my...
Opinion: With Tottenham and Man City to come, is Solskjaer close to losing his job?
As you might expect, Monday mornings become even gloomier after more dropped Manchester United points. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s points ‘haul’ since becoming...
From interviewing Zlatan to Ewood Park – ex-Man Utd employee speaks to Stretty News
For those well versed in browsing the Manchester United website down the years, the name Ryan Grant may ring a few bells....
Man Utd’s need for a right-winger is clear, so why are they not in for Riyad Mahrez?
Manchester United have been crying out for an elite right-winger for a number of years. Recruitment to try and address that need...
United undo all their hard work at City, and in deplorable fashion
‘Masters of complication’, United were described in Mourinho’s latest colourful, yet baffling terms. Would us Mancunians translate that as fannying around in...
Mourinho’s noise about its absence at Old Trafford likely to fall on deaf ears
Over the years, Manchester United have experienced some iconic moments that they lived long in the memory: Steve Bruce’s divine intervention against...
How the razzmatazz of the States is best for Ibrahimovic
‘I came back to finish what I started’, the famous words of Zlatan Ibrahimovic upon re-signing at United. This was no low...
Will Real Madrid come calling for David de Gea in the summer?
Real Madrid’s season is threatening to implode to unrecoverable levels. Zinedine Zidane is under intense pressure after their midweek Copa del Rey...
Ed Woodward excelled in delivering Sanchez, but must not dwell on his success
When Ed Woodward made a hasty departure from the club’s 2013-14 tour of Australia to conduct ‘urgent transfer business’, little did people...
Alexis Sanchez’s welcome shows it’s not just about the money
With many a red buoyant about Alexis Sanchez becoming tantalisingly closer to completing his transfer to Manchester United, those feelings were flaming...
How Anthony Martial’s purple patch could not have been better timed
Without doubt, people of all persuasions at Turf Moor would have been left exasperated and aghast at Alexis Sanchez not running onto...