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Who will replace Sir Alex Ferguson?

Manchester United Dugout 17 November @ 10:18 AM EST
Manchester United is one of the best football clubs in the world and Sir Alex Ferguson is the most decorated manager in England. It is very difficult to replace this man once he steps down. But that has to happen and happen soon. So who will replace Fergie? I wish Sir Alex could continue forever at Old Trafford. Click to continue reading...

Martinez Backs Benitez

Man United Devils 28 October @ 08:05 AM EST
Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez has said that the football association is favouring Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Martinez has also said that he sympathises with Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez.
After a 2-2 draw with Sunderland, Sir Alex said that the referee wasn't fit enough. Click to continue reading...

Is Berbatov a worse signing than Sheva?

Footy Factor 28 October @ 02:41 AM EST

Back in September 2008, when Dimitar Berbatov and Man United CEO David Gill put the finishing touches on a lucrative 4-year contract tying the enigmatic Bulgarian to Old Trafford for the prime years of his career, you would have been an absolute plonker to ask the question.

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Cole: I’m A United Fan With Season Tickets In Normal Seats

Republik Of Mancunia 19 September @ 03:55 AM EST

"I have got two season tickets at Old Trafford and sit in the main stand in a normal seat," said Cole. "I am a United fan and just mingle in, paying my money like everybody else – though United's chief executive David Gill usually sees me. I saw him at halftime during the Arsenal game recently and he shouted: 'Get your boots on, we need some goals.

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Gill: We Are Insulted By Le Havre

Republik Of Mancunia 08 September @ 12:18 PM EST

David Gill has let rip on Le Havre who have claimed we tapped up Paul Pogba.

"It is an insult by Le Havre to suggest that Manchester United and the employees of Manchester United have paid the players' parents and bought the parents a house," said Gill. "We will not accept the good name of Manchester United being trawled around on websites and the press to say that we have done these things which we are not allowed to do and we would never do.

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David Gill gets top role

Red Rants 07 September @ 05:26 PM EST

David Gill has been elected into the top executive board of members in the European Club Association which, many of you might remember, was formed under the auspices of the UEFA following the dissolution of the G14.

"I'm obviously very pleased to be elected," Gill said. "The ECA has a very important role to play in the relationship with Uefa and other bodies within European and world football.

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Manchester United asks fans to help end vile chants aimed at Arsène Wenger

Sanford's Soccer Net 04 September @ 08:46 AM EST
Manchester United are to ask their own supporters for ways to help eradicate the "disgusting" chants that are aimed at Arsène Wenger whenever Arsenal visit Old Trafford. Wenger was subjected to a chorus of "sit down you paedophile" during Arsenal's 2-1 defeat on Saturday and United are so embarrassed that the club's chief executive, David Gill, is to raise the matter as a lead item with a panel of influential supporters. Click to continue reading...

Man Utd fans told to zip it over disgusting Wenger chant

Soccerblog 04 September @ 07:33 AM EST


"I come in peace, to give penance for winning three titles that should be rightfully yours"

Outrage at Arsene Wenger's treatment at the hands of Man Utd fans during Arsenal's visit to Old Trafford seems to have percolated up from Gunner blogs and online forums and entered the mainstream.

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David Gill Appeals To Man Utd Fans Over Arsene Wenger Chant

Footy/Soccer Blog 04 September @ 04:25 AM EST

Manchester United chief executive David Gill is set to meet with United fans over the coming weeks at the next fans' forum to discuss the chants that were aimed at Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger last weekend.

The Arsenal manager was stupidly sent off after kicking a water bottle in frustration after their equalising goal was ruled out for being offside.

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Manchester United Block Liverpool Physiotherapist’s England Move

Anfield Talk 28 August @ 11:11 AM EST
Manchester United have blocked the proposed promotion of a Liverpool physiotherapist to work with the England team in a move that demonstrates the distrust that exists between the country's top clubs.
Dave Galley, who has more than 25 years' experience working as a football physiotherapist, had expected to be part of the England medical staff for the friendly against Slovenia on September 5 and the World Cup qualifier with Croatia four days later. Click to continue reading...

Lie, You Fucking Clown #

football is fixed 27 July @ 05:00 AM EST
David Gill, chief executive of Manchester United and active member of the FA Board, speaks the ScudamoreWorld Mantra.
Take the bombing of the hotel in Indonesia just 36 hours before the Manchester United squad were due to arrive on their merchandising tour of the Far East.
Gill denied that the Manchester club had taken any risk in going ahead with the visit to Jakarta despite the fact that the Foreign Office had issued warnings that the country is a high-risk territory for terrorism. Click to continue reading...

Gill: Tevez Couldn’t Grasp What Being A Squad Member Meant

Republik Of Mancunia 24 July @ 06:31 AM EST

David Gill suspects Carlos Tevez's advisers weren't interested in sorting a deal with Manchester United and reckons the Argie couldn't grasp the concept of "squad player".

"There were clearly issues with Carlos," said Gill. "Whether he couldn't grasp what being a member of a squad was I don't know.

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Ferguson Sings Park’s Praises

Republik Of Mancunia 23 July @ 05:56 AM EST

Holding a press conference in Park Ji-Sung's home town, Seoul, Sir Alex Ferguson has explained the reasons why Manchester United signed the South Korean midfielder. Fergie is pleased with how Park has developed since joining the club and is pleased to see the great reaction the player has received so far.

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Ferguson: We Offered £30m For Benzema And Met With Bayern Over Ribery

Republik Of Mancunia 20 July @ 05:07 PM EST

Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that Manchester United offered £30m to sign Karim Benzema before he opted to join Real Madrid, as well as contacting Bayern Munich in regards to Franck Ribery back in March.

"We tried for Benzema because, at 21, I felt there would be an improvement there," said Ferguson.

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Ferguson: Tevez Not Worth £25m

Republik Of Mancunia 20 July @ 04:58 PM EST

After scoring just 5 goals in 29 league games for Manchester United last season, Sir Alex Ferguson decided Carlos Tevez wasn't worth the £25m his owner was asking for.

"We made contact with Carlos," Ferguson said. "We sent him texts and spoke to him when he was in Argentina. Our chief executive, David Gill, made an offer to Kia Joorabchian and we spoke to Tevez before we played Inter Milan and told him we had spoken to Kia but we never heard back.

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One Seoul, Two Uniteds

Soccerphile World Cup Blog 17 July @ 11:19 PM EST
Asia is accustomed to hosting teams from Europe. Every summer sees big clubs from the west heading east to play exhibition games in attempts to win new fans and conquer new markets.
The likes of Real Madrid, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Roma and Juventus have all paid visits to the world's largest continent in recent years. Click to continue reading...

Tevez hits back at Sir Alex after signing for City

faker 14 July @ 02:16 PM EST

The Manchester United boss claimed he had attempted to contact Tevez on a number of occasions to persuade him to remain at Old Trafford, but was blanked. But Tevez has now claimed that is not true.

Tevez, who cost the club a fee in the region of £25m, said: "I was there for two years and Sir Alex never called or sent any text messages in that time.

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City’s New Signing Still Loves United Fans

Republik Of Mancunia 14 July @ 07:00 AM EST

Carlos Tevez was mobbed by a sea of City fans this afternoon as he was unveiled as their latest signing.

It's lovely they can be so accepting of someone who clearly has such strong feelings for Manchester United fans.

"The fact that I am not staying at United is not because of the fans, it is because Sir Alex Ferguson and David Gill did not do enough to keep me there.

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City’s New Signing Still Loves United Fans And Keeps Us In His Heart

Republik Of Mancunia 14 July @ 07:00 AM EST

Carlos Tevez was mobbed by a sea of City fans this afternoon as he was unveiled as their latest signing.

It's lovely they can be so accepting of someone who clearly has such strong feelings for Manchester United fans.

"The fact that I am not staying at United is not because of the fans, it is because Sir Alex Ferguson and David Gill did not do enough to keep me there.

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Manchester United & Michael Owen - Together At Last?

Twohundredpercent 02 July @ 05:58 PM EST

The contents of Michael Owen's sale brochure must have been more potent than we could ever have imagined, if the rumours doing the rounds are correct. In a move that has dropped jaws to the ground across Europe, the club most interested in signing him are... Manchester United. According to a report in "The Guardian" tonight, Owen only has to get through a medical - which in itself means that there is nothing guaranteed about this move yet - and, if the press are willing to be believed, Ickle Mike could be on his way to Old Trafford.

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Breaking down the United-Tevez-Kia tug of war

Red Rants 20 June @ 04:26 PM EST

So it has come to pass. Manchester United have announced that Carlos Tevez has decided to reject United's offer to make his loan move permanent. Here's the statement:

Following contact received from Carlos Tevez's advisors last night, in advance of the deadline the Club set for concluding negotiations, Manchester United announces that Carlos will not be signing a new contract with the Club.

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Manchester United Change Transfer Tact

EPL Talk 17 June @ 03:05 PM EST

The Guardian today has a very interesting article regarding Manchester United's owners changing the clubs transfer policy to concentrate on signing players under 26. It seems that the Glazer family want the club to only sign players that they can recoup transfer fees on later in their careers.

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English Premier League Transfer Gossip

English Premier league 15 June @ 05:44 AM EST
In latest transfer rumours we have the 'craziest' story so far this summer - Fernando Torres to Manchester United for £40million! Click to continue reading...

Should Fergie follow Wenger and refuse to pay silly money for players like Valencia?

A Kick in the Grass 14 June @ 04:47 AM EST
At this admittedly early juncture, it doesn't look particularly good for United concerning transfers, with players like Ribery and Benzema looking unlikely summer signings.We have been told that David Gill has been given a list of potential targets, the United CEO will work his way down that list from top to bottom - the fans would dearly love to know the names on that list but it's a fair bet Click to continue reading...

Ronaldo to Real…Finally. What Next For Manchester United?

SoccerLens 12 June @ 05:26 AM EST

Last summer, we heard numerous reports that Ronaldo was to move to Madrid. A deal was in place. It was definite. It was going to happen next week. But then, there was some delay; and the deal would go through the week after that. It never did. No matter for the Spanish press, as they continued to rinse and repeat the story.

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Carlos Tevez will stay

Soccerblog 10 June @ 09:21 PM EST

Carlos Tevez needs to be patient.

It was Man Utd who fought to get him to Old Trafford. They are now putting up the money to unshackle him from the consortium. Yes, it is a tidy sum of money but after a dithering a bit David Gill has come around.

Frankly, if Man Utd had lost the Premiership with Tevez sitting on the bench, I would have expected him to leave, vindicated.

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Real offer United olive branch | The Sun |Sport|Football

The Grimsby Football Club 07 June @ 07:31 AM EST
"'If one day there is a chance of Ronaldo playing for Real Madrid, that would be an honour for us.
'But if I had to choose between the friendship with Manchester United and the signing of Ronaldo, I would choose the friendship.
'Plus, I have never said that Cristiano will arrive in June. That is an arrogant and false statement. Click to continue reading...

Real Madrid Choose United Friendship Over Ronaldo

Republik Of Mancunia 06 June @ 06:45 AM EST

After harassing our player via the media last summer, Ramon Calderon, who was then the Real Madrid president, made an attempt to 'make friends' with United. He claimed he never meant to do anything to 'disturb' a 'nice and friendly club' like United. Do me a fucking favour.

Calderon's replacement, Florentino Perez, who has shown that being a twat is part of the job description as Real president, has tried the same approach today.

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Hooray For Unsubstantiated Claims! They Never Get Old!

The Offside: Manchester United 05 June @ 08:14 AM EST

Sigh... Are reports linking Slave with Franco FC even news anymore? I don't know, but Franco FC vice-president Fernando Tapias certainly got himself a few headlines today. In an interview with Spanish Radio station Cadena COPE, Tapias confirmed that Franco FC will have to pay Slave a fee of around £26 million if they fail to sign him this summer.

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United to No Longer Be Sponsored by the American Government

The Offside: Manchester United 03 June @ 11:18 AM EST

It has been officially announced that Manchester United have agreed to a new kit sponsor beginning in the 2010-2011 season. United (in the form of David Gill) have put pen to paper with Aon Corporation, the world's leading risk adviser and human capital consultant, on a four year deal believed to be worth £80 million (£20m per season).

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Biggest Shirt Sponsor In The World

Republik Of Mancunia 03 June @ 10:44 AM EST

With the media beating Manchester United to it this morning, our new shirt deal has finally been confirmed by the club.

Aon Corp. have signed a four year deal which will start for the 2010/2011 season, when AIG's deal expires.

"We are delighted to be entering such an important relationship with a company of the stature of Aon and to have its logo adorn our shirts from the start of the 2010/11 season," said David Gill.

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Real Ready for Ronaldo Push

Premiership Talk Blog 03 June @ 07:20 AM EST

Sir Alex Ferguson may have to abandon his first coating of factor 30 to quash the latest round of speculation suggesting Real Madrid are ready for one final push at luring Cristiano Ronaldo away from Manchester United.

Ferguson and Ronaldo combined to nip the thorny subject in the bud before the Champions League final, while chief executive David Gill insisted there was no need for Old Trafford officials to speak to the world player of the year about his future ahead of the 2-0 humbling by Barcelona.

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£32m Tevez Will Sign For City If United Doesn’t Wrap Up The Deal Today

The Soccer Blog 03 June @ 03:28 AM EST
Carlos Tevez will be the next to join Manchester City - unless neighbours United salvage a deal today. The Argentine striker's advisor Kia Joorabchian is due to meet with Old Trafford chief executive David Gill. The pair will discuss the possibility of United paying a further £25.5million to turn Tevez's two-year loan into a permanent move. Click to continue reading...

Transfer Rumors (2 Jun 09): Aston Villa’s Barry signs for Manchester City, Manchester City Chelsea make bid for AC Milan starlet Pato, and more

SoccerLens 02 June @ 01:15 PM EST

The summer transfer window has only been open for a day, and we've already got our first big signing in the Premier League, as Gareth Barry is making the move from the Midlands to Manchester in a £12m move to Manchester City.

Barry may be the only notable signing of the day, but he's not the only notable name making headlines today.

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Liverpool trail in race for £25M forward

Red's Fury™ 02 June @ 06:50 AM EST

The uncertainty of an Argentine forward has led to clubs from England and Spain vying for his signature. With limited transfer fund, Rafa Benitez is unwilling to succumb to the demand. Hence, Manchester City with million of pounds at their disposal went ahead of this race.

But the player's future at Manchester United will be decided by tomorrow.

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