When Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson exclaims in amazement “United not to be in the top four? You have to worry about what upbringing they had or what kind of porridge they’ve had, they’ve never been right on anything” you know that he’s fired up. He was commenting on those pundits who are predicting the demise of his side in the new Premier League season of course – and as usual, he’s right. That does not stop the fiery Scot from conceding the fact that the days of a big four are over and up to seven challengers will be involved in the title race.
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So much transfer gossip, so many rumors, who’s coming in, who’s going where, it can all get too much. We then had the daily speculation as to who will make the “23” and who will be left behind until England manager Fabio Capello mercifully put everyone out of their collective misery by finally announcing his squad. So let’s try having a look at something entirely different and consider the Manchester United WAGs who may or may not be accompanying their partners to South Africa. A little eye candy if you like.

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After waiting for what must have felt like an eternity, Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick got the news that he so desperately wanted when he was named in the squad of 23 for England’s World Cup campaign together with team mates Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney. After failing to get any game time in last Sundays 2-1 defeat of Japan, Carrick was considered to be extremely doubtful of making the cut.

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With the World Cup now less that two weeks away,  Manchester United’s South Africa bound internationals were involved in a busy weekend playing a number of warm up matches for their countries. The most interesting action did not involve football however but the sight of Serbia stand in Nemanja Vidic playing the role of peacemaker as he picked up a microphone and urged fellow Serbs for calm as his side suffered a shock 0-1 defeat to New Zealand in Austria.

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Mexico striker Javier Hernandez is a relieved young man today after an FA panel granted Manchester United an application for a work visa, thus giving the green light to start a career at Old Trafford and ending fears that the £7million transfer deal having be scrapped. The 21 year old Hernandez sealed a move to England last month but did not meet the criteria for a permit as he has not played in 75 per cent of Mexico’s games over the past two years.

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The World Cup is well and truly around the corner with six Manchester United players involved in warm up matches on Monday night. Nemanja Vidic and Zoran Tosic’s Serbia will be playing against New Zealand on Saturday followed by two more warm up matches with Poland and Cameroon, while Patrice Evra also has three matches lined up for France against Costa Rica, Tunisia and China

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