Former Liverpool idol Michael Owen certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons when he stated that the winning culture at Manchester United is greater than at any other club he has ever been at during his career. Anfield fans had plenty of reasons to feel bitter about their club last season, for a fleeting moment one can almost even feel sorry for them, but they have now turned their frustration on one of their own legends simply because he had the courage to call a spade a spade.
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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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Michael Owen is confident he will be ready to play a full part in Manchester United’s pre season plans. The experienced striker has been out of action since suffering a hamstring injury in the Carling Cup final on 28th February. The next day it was announced that he was to have surgery on the damaged area but he expects to be back in time for the start of the season.

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It’s that time of the year again when the diaries come out and the fixture list is closely scrutinized so that the year ahead can be carefully planned around the new season. As usual, some matches are bigger than others – on paper at least, so how about the following Manchester United fixtures to start with? The first crunch match comes at Old Trafford on 18 September followed by the visit of Tottenham on October 30. The first derby is at Eastlands on November 10 then Arsenal at home on December 11 quickly followed by a trip to Stamford Bridge a week later.

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Manchester United scored another title success by being valued as the biggest football club in the world. Despite a turbulent year for British clubs, the Old Trafford side held on to top spot in Forbes Magazine’s list of the world’s 20 most valuable football teams. United, who have now topped the table for six years, were valued by Forbes at £1.19 billion after a 2% fall from last year.

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Sir Alex Ferguson has stepped up his efforts to recruit a long term replacement for Edwin van der Sar by bidding £15 million to land Lyon goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. The Manchester United manager will have the 23 year old assessed when his club play Bordeaux on Saturday after identifying the young France World Cup keeper as one of the best in Europe.

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