The honours keep rolling in for Manchester United and England super striker Wayne Rooney. Just one week after being named the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year, he has secured an awards double when he was voted the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year. He finished ahead of Chelsea striker Didier Drogba and former United team mate Carlos Tevez after collecting a staggering 81% of the vote.
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Nine months of hard slog and this is what it’s come down to. 18 of the 20 Premier League clubs have fallen by the wayside leaving two heavyweights to slug it out with just one point separating them in their penultimate matches. The title may well be decided on Sunday but it will take a much braver man than me to bet his house on it.
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Like most Manchester United fans there were no tears shed last night when former United striker Diego Forlan slammed the ball home for Athletico Madrid right in front of The Kop to send Liverpool crashing out of Europe. After all, those same Merseyside fans were ecstatic to see Bayern Munich go through to the Champions League semi final by eliminating United on the same away goals rule.
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A week is a long time in a busy life especially when there are so many stories in the media featuring Manchester United. The big story this week was about the possible retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson at the end of next season, his 25th at Old Trafford. How did the media react to those reports? Truly Reds makes it easy for you to stay updated by condensing the big stories making headlines this week - Every Thursday Read the full story
Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha kept his side in the title race last Saturday with a sublime finish to put Manchester United in the lead just as Tottenham Hotspur were threatening to take a point away from Old Trafford. Luis who some may ask? We are talking about the much more familiar Nani by his original name of course. Yes, the 23 year old winger whose career was heading into a cul de sac until he turned it around at the beginning of this year.
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Surprise reports have emerged today that Manchester United have made Tottenham Hotspurs midfield maestro Luka Modric their leading summer transfer target. Sir Alex Ferguson sees Modric as a young Paul Scholes, an attacking midfielder and ball player who can make United tick and is thought to be preparing a £25million bid for the 24 year old Croatian midfielder.
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