With the chances of Manchester United making a big name signing this summer receding faster than England’s chances of ever winning another World Cup, attention should turn to some of the outstanding young talent on display in South Africa. A handful of good performances in the tournament will obviously not guarantee long term success at Old Trafford but just like new signing Javier Hernandez made a huge impression for Mexico, there are others who have shown the sort of potential that Sir Alex Ferguson may be searching for. These are just three of them.
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The reluctance by Sir Alex Ferguson to open his cheque book may have got nothing to do with the clubs large debt but simply due to the following new rules – “The Premier League will introduce a squad cap of 25 players and a quota on home grown players from next season. The 20 clubs have agreed the introduction of a home grown player rule which will take effect at the start of the 2010/11 campaign. Clubs must include eight home grown players out of a squad of 25” More Details are available HERE
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The reluctance by Sir Alex Ferguson to open his cheque book may have got nothing to do with the clubs large debt but simply due to the following new rules – “The Premier League will introduce a squad cap of 25 players and a quota on home grown players from next season. The 20 clubs have agreed the introduction of a home grown player rule which will take effect at the start of the 2010/11 campaign. Clubs must include eight home grown players out of a squad of 25” More Details are available HERE
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Peter Schmeichel is renowned as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time after claiming a bundle of silverware at Manchester United during the 90s and leading Denmark to an unlikely Euro 1992 victory. The Old Trafford legend spoke to au.fourfourtwo.com about why this World Cup has been characterised by a series of fumbling keeper mistakes.
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Paul Scholes is ready to end his playing career at the end of the new season and go into coaching. Scholes, who admitted prior to the World Cup that he would have come out of international retirement to play for England if Fabio Capello had asked him earlier, says he has one more top flight season left in him. “I am coming to the end of my playing career and I maybe have one year left” the 35 year-old said. “I have started doing my coaching badges back in England and hopefully one day I will be able to coach kids or coach some kind of team somewhere.”

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Anyone who remembers the saga connected with the move of French youngster Gael Kakuta from French club Lens to Chelsea last year will realize how messy these type of transfers can become. Chelsea were initially banned from signing any players in the following two transfer windows due to their involvement in inducing Kakuta to break his contract at Lens. That ban was subsequently lifted but Manchester United faced similar sanctions over the wrangle of 17 year old Paul Pogba’s transfer from Le Havre before the issue was finally resolved.

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