Dimitar Berbatov was the Premier League's top scorer seven months ago and lifted a record breaking 19th title with Manchester United. He has been fourth choice striker at the club this season though, behind Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck and Javier Hernandez.

The club tried to sell the striker in the summer following his omission from the Champions League final squad but the player wasn't having any of it, determined to stay on our books and fight for his place and has behaved admirably since.

Six years ago to the day since Manchester United last failed to get out of their Champions League group, the club suffered a frustrating defeat at the hands of FC Basel to finish 3rd in the group tonight. A draw would have been enough to see United through but despite dominating the game, they couldn't score more than one, after going 2-0 down.

Chuck Blazer could throw a massive monkey wrench into the New York expansion fun. (Getty Images)

The writing was possibly too much on the wall for this not to happen. We heard the whispers for a little while that something could be going wrong in the New York Cosmos to MLS expansion camp. With the news the other day that Cosmos chairman and CEO Paul Kemsley resigned, you just knew something else was going on.

Segun Brand Finance el equipo ingles del Manchester United es la marca deportiva numero uno del mundo.
El reporte concluye que el equipo Manchester United de la English Premier League vale mas del doble desde que la familia norteamericana Glazer lo administra, de $305 millones en 2005 a $638 millones en la actualidad.

Manchester United today posted record operating profits of £110.9million for the year ended June 30, 2011.

The club have also recorded a record revenue of £334.1million, an increase of £45million from last year and passing £300million for the first time. That £334.1million in revenue beat the previous record of £313m that Arsenal had previously announced.

Manchester United today posted record operating profits of £110.9million for the year ended June 30, 2011.

The club have also recorded a record revenue of £334.1million, an increase of £45million from last year and passing £300million for the first time. That £334.1million in revenue beat the previous record of £313m that Arsenal had previously announced.

August 18, 2011 – There are more Manchester United stories in the media than any other club – some are worth reading, others are absolute garbage! How can anyone possibly keep up with them all? Truly...
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Six key questions on why top clubs could stage a European revolt

• Europe's biggest clubs could start breakaway league in 2014 • Owners motivated by possibility of generating more money Who are the teams involved? It is the biggest brands in football that are driving this agenda.

Sky Sports has our fixtures for 2011-2012.

The Guardian reports on United entering bidding war for Modric.

BBC Sport has a video of Michael Owen's reaction to his horse winning at Ascot.

The Glazer Out blog talks about Supporters Direct.

United Rant discusses Lord Fergie.

After three years, then, it looks as if the Leigh Genesis experiment may be coming to an end. The club had been rebranded during the summer of 2008, but it now looks as if the club is to cease playing after three years of chaos which followed what was supposed to be a brave new world in the history of a club which had, through several different names, been playing since 1896.

Carly Lyes, a trainee social worker and season-ticket holder in the Stretford End who has been going regularly to Old Trafford since she was 11, said she had displayed a "Love United Hate Glazer" banner for "two to three minutes" before the home leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea on 12 April.

Ducky's Note: BFZ's regular Manc Bharat lays out a red-tinted view of how the season has ended up for each of the Big Four... or Five I think. Oh and in case it wasn't clear, this is the view of a Manc looking from the outside with respect to the other clubs, so it is very very possible that you will not agree.

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There will be those who are bound to blame the hated Glazer family for the controversial decision which will see the super successful Manchester United commercial operations move to swank offices in...
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"Sort of King Lear-esque twilight scenario on the cards for Lord Ferg, then." James Richardson, Football Weekly

Britannia, AD 600. Ferguson is king of Britannia, lord of all he surveys. A firebrand Celt, his armies have marched as far south as Barcino in Hispania and towards the rising sun as far as the banks of the Volga.

Making football predictions must be one of the most pointless exercises of all. Most of them are only mere wishes or are purely based on gut feelings. But it's the first day of a new year so it's a...
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