Former Manchester United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich believes that the Wayne Rooney saga was all a sham stage managed by Sir Alex Ferguson to put pressure on the Glazers into freeing up more money for him to bolster the squad. The now retired Australian who spent five years under Ferguson in two spells at Old Trafford told the Fox Sports channel that in his opinion “Sir Alex basically played a very, very smart move”

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28 October – There are so many stories published about Manchester United that it’s  impossible to keep up with all of them. Truly Reds does it’s best to bring you the latest news but there’s only so much that can be covered. The only alternative is to collate the news which cannot be updated daily so that we can at least bring it to you every Thursday of every week. Read the full story

I was a bit bemused and slightly uncomfortable when I saw that Patrice Evra was starting at left-wing for the Stoke game. That doesn’t make much sense really, since he played as a winger in the PSG youth team and for Marsala in Italy, and even as a centre forward for Nice in France. He even had brief cameos as a winger in his first few games for United, and he has all the attributes that make an effective winger (pace, stamina, good crossing and commendable dribbling skills). Maybe it was awkward because it meant John O’Shea was playing at left-back, and we all know what that can lead to (although I’m assuming he was played there because of his aerial ability and a certain Mr Delap’s throw-ins). Read the full story

Calls by Manchester United fans for the club to buy some of Nobby Stiles’ football memorabilia put up for auction have been heeded when a World Cup and a European Cup medal were bought for more than £200,000 by United. A club spokeswoman  said Mr Stiles was a “club legend” and that the items were bought for the club’s museum. That decision raises a couple of interesting questions such as whether United also bought part of the collection recently auctioned by the family of George Best and if the Glazer family had any input in the decision.

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What can you say about the 22 year old kid? He comes to Old Trafford as a virtual unknown from Mexico for little more than peanuts, attracts recognition for his country at the World Cup in South Africa just a few weeks later and is now forcing hardened Manchester United fans to ask  ‘Wayne who?’ For the second time in 72 hours, Javier Hernandez managed to grab a late winner and again showed the foresight of Sir Alex Ferguson in plucking  the youngster from Guadalajara for a reported £7million transfer fee. If daylight robbery is a crime, Sir Alex should be jailed for the rest of his life.

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Manchester United v Wolverhampton
Carling Cup Fourth Round
Old Trafford
Tuesday, 26 October 2010

It wasn’t easy being a Manchester United fan in the last week – first Rooney and then another lead dropped after being in a winning position. At times the season seemed done and dusted; titles aren’t won in October but they can be lost. Certainly the sports betting sites would have you believe that while United are behind Chelsea, Arsenal and City still have something to prove, and given the frequent collapses in form shown by both sides in recent seasons you wouldn’t be surprised if post-Christmas it again went down to the wire between Chelsea and United.

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