Friday 1 February 2013

Tottenham star Bale admits idolising Real Madrid ace Ronaldo


02/01/2013 



Tottenham star Gareth Bale admits he idolises Real Madrid ace Cristiano Ronaldo.

Bale's ability to cut in from the touchline and fire powerful shots at goal stirs memories of Ronaldo's time at Manchester United, and like the Portuguese, he has also become adept at playing through the middle.

"You put your targets high," Bale said. "The way Ronaldo plays, he's the best all-round player in the world.

"People have said things in the past and the stuff he does is similar to what I do.

"He is a benchmark for every player who wants to be that good and it's useful to look at other players, watch how they do things and take my game to another level."

He added: "Look at the way he takes free-kicks - he scores a lot of goals from them. He is obviously doing something right and he is on another level.

"Can I get there? One day. He's one of the players who we all try to match. Apart from Lionel Messi, Ronaldo is on a different planet and I'd love to be half as good as him."

Man Utd not dropping interest for Benfica defender Garay



02/01/2013

Manchester United will continue to monitor Benfica defender Ezequiel Garay this season.

A Bola says United failed in a €15million bid for Garay, but are continuing to monitor his form at Benfica.

The Argentinian is being watched by United and it is suggested managerSir Alex Ferguson will consider whether to make another move in the summer for the defender.

PREMIER LEAGUE TRANSFERS: All the January deals

02/01/2013

Below are all the updated transfer deals for Premier League clubs at the close of the January window.

Arsenal
Ins
Nacho Monreal (Malaga, SPN, undisclosed)

Aston Villa
Ins
Yacouba Sylla (Clermont, FRA, £2m)

Outs
Stephen Warnock (Leeds United, free)

Chelsea

Ins
Wallace (Fluminense, BRA, undisclosed)
Demba Ba (Newcastle United, £7m)

Outs
Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool, £12m)

Everton
Ins
John Stones (Barnsley, undisclosed)

Outs
Anton Forrester (Blackburn Rovers, free)

Fulham
Ins
Chris David (FC Twente, NED, undisclosed)

Outs
Stephen Kelly (Reading, undisclosed)

Liverpool
Ins
Philippe Coutinho (Inter Milan, ITA, £8.5m)
Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea, £12m)

Outs
Alexander Doni (Botafogo, Bra, free)
Nuri Sahin (Borussia Dortmund, GER, loan cancelled)
Joe Cole (West Ham United, free)

Manchester City
Ins
Godsway Donyoh (unattached, free)

Outs
Mario Balotelli (AC Milan, ITA, undisclosed)

Manchester United
Outs
Robbie Brady (Hull City, undisclosed)
Joshua King (Blackburn Rovers, £1m)

Newcastle United
Ins
Kevin Mbabu (Servette, SUI, undisclosed)
Moussa Sissoko (Toulouse, FRA, undisclosed)
Massadio Haidara (Nancy, FRA, undisclosed)
Yoan Gouffran (Bordeaux, FRA, £1.5m)
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (Montpellier, FRA, £7m)
Mathieu Debuchy (Lille, FRA, £5.5m)

Outs
Xisco (released)
Demba Ba (Chelsea, £7m)

Norwich City
Ins
Luciano Becchio (Leeds United, undisclosed/swap)
Lee Camp (Nottingham Forest, free)

Outs
Simon Lappin (released)
Steve Morison (Leeds United, undisclosed/swap)

Queens Park Rangers
Ins
Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham, undisclosed)
Christopher Samba (Anzhi Makhachkala, RUS, undisclosed)
Yun Suk-Young (Chunnam Dragons, KOR, undisclosed)
Loic Remy (Marseille, FRA, £8m)
Tal Ben Haim (free agent)

Outs
Kieron Dyer (released)

Reading
Ins
Nick Blackman (Sheffield United)
Stephen Kelly (Fulham, undisclosed)
Hope Akpan (Crawley Town, undisclosed)
Daniel Carrico (Sporting Lisbon, POR, £600k)

Southampton
Ins
Vegard Forren (Molde, NOR, undisclosed)

Stoke City
Ins
Brek Shea (FC Dallas, USA, £2.5m)
Jack Butland (Birmingham City, £3.3m)

Outs
Ryan Brunt (Bristol Rovers, undisclosed)
Michael Tonge (Leeds United, undisclosed)
Danny Higginbotham (Sheffield United, free)

Sunderland
Ins
Danny Graham (Swansea City, £5m)
Alfred N’Diaye (Bursaspor, TUR, £3m)

Outs
Louis Saha (released)
Fraizer Campbell (Cardiff City, undisclosed)
Blair Adams (Coventry City, undisclosed)
David Meyler (Hull City, undisclosed)

Swansea City
Outs
Danny Graham (Sunderland, £5m)
Jamie Proctor (Crawley Town, undisclosed)

Tottenham
Ins
Lewis Holtby (Schalke, GER, undisclosed)
Ezekiel Fryers (Standard Liege, BEL, undisclosed)

Outs
Jermaine Jenas (QPR, undisclosed)
Carlo Cudicini (LA Galaxy, USA, free)

West Bromwich Albion
Outs
Sam Manton (Walsall, free)
Chris Wood (Leicester City, £1.5m)
George Porter (Leicester City, undisclosed)

West Ham United
Ins
Joe Cole (Liverpool, free)
Sean Maguire (Waterford United, undisclosed)

Wigan Athletic
Ins
Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City, USA, free)

Man Utd skipper Vidic hails 2-goal Rooney: We need him


Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic hailed two-goal Wayne Rooney for victory over Southampton.

Rooney struck twice in the 2-1 win.

"Wayne is important for the team," said the centre-back. "He is working hard. Obviously, he scored the goals and I think the more games he plays, the better he is. We need him, especially for the second half of the season, as we need all the players to be fit. We have a good squad now and it's going to be hard for the

Man Utd, LA Galaxy great Beckham joins PSG and will play for nothing!

01/31/2013

David Beckham has completed his move to French giants Paris Saint-Germain with his salary to be donated straight to a children’s charity.

The former Manchester United, Real Madrid and LA Galaxy star has penned a five-month deal with PSG and will earn around £2million from the move but has revealed the money he is entitled to will be donated to charity.

"We decided on something quite unique. In this time I won't receive any salary. My salary will go to a local children's charity in Paris,” he said.

"That's one of the things we are very excited about and proud to do.

"It's something exciting and something I'm not sure has been done before.

"It's something the guys will decide, but it's a very good figure.

"That's one thing we're very excited about. To be able to give a huge sum to a children's charity in Paris, it's very special."

Beckham capped off a successful six-year spell with the Galaxy by winning a second straight MLS Cup last season.

Monday 28 January 2013

Man Utd boss Ferguson: Current strikers best I've had here



January 28, 2013


Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says his current group of strikers are the best he's had at the club.

Ferguson rates Javier Hernandez, Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck and Robin van Persie ahead of his 1999 Treble winners.

Ferguson said: "I think so, yes. The four in ‘99 were fantastic players, and you couldn’t possibly criticise them, but we have four today that are equally as good."

Ex-Palace boss Burley: Man Utd signing Zaha just like Maradona and Bestie!


January 28, 2013 


Former Crystal Palace boss George Burley has likened Manchester United signing Wilfried Zaha to Diego Maradona!
Burley draws the mouthwatering comparison with the style of Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona and George Best.
"Straight away, I was looking at Wilfried and thinking, ‘There’s something special about this lad’,” said Burley to the Telegraph. "He had that flair for running with the ball and taking players on. He has great balance.
"He was the type of lad who, if people tackled him, he didn’t fall over. They just seemed to bounce off him and then he had that amazing ability to go again. That’s what stuck out.
"Maradona had the strength as well. Messi and Wilfried are smaller in frame but it doesn’t mean you are not strong and tough to take challenges.”
He continued: "It’s all sixth sense; co-ordination with a ball and quick feet from when he was out playing on the streets with 20 kids around him. He has not been manufactured.
"It’s great to see and you don’t see much of it now. Society has changed and that hasn’t helped the development of players, especially in Britain.
"Wilfried was brought up in an area where they are out on the streets and out in the parks playing football for hours. That has certainly developed the boy’s skill. It was similar with Georgie Best.”

Saturday 26 January 2013

Goal of Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney's Goal

[FT] Manchester United 4 - 1 Fulham

Manchester United 4 - 1 Fulham 


FTManchester U. [4 - 1] Fulham
2'[1 - 0]R. Giggs (pen.) 
50'[2 - 0]W. Rooney 
52'[3 - 0]J. Hernandez 
66'[4 - 0]J. Hernandez 
77'[4 - 1]A. Hughes 
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Wayne Goal today


Manchester United - Fulham


Manchester United 4 - 0 Fulham

4th Goal by Chicharito...in 66min

Manchester United - Fulham

Manchester United 3 - 0 Fulham

3rd Goal by Chicharito...in 52min

Manchester United - Fulham

Manchester United 2 - O  Fulham 

2nd Goal by Wayne Rooney...in 50min 
yeah...yeah!

Manchester United - Fulham

Man United 1 - O Fulham 
By:Ryan Giggs 11 (Pen') 
in 2min...Game just Starting

Saturday 21 July 2012

Man Utd fear Arsenal will drive Van Persie price to £30M

21-07-2012




Manchester United fear having to pay over the odds to land Arsenal striker Robin van Persie.

The Daily Mail says United fear it could take as much as £30million to prise Van Persie away from Arsenal.

Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that he has made a bid for Van Persie, with United ready to battle rivals Manchester City and Juventus for the 29-year-old Holland striker.

But club sources believe United will have to raise their opening offer to close to the record £30.75m it took to sign Dimitar Berbatov from Tottenham four years ago, and there is also concern that Ferguson’s chequered history with Arsene Wenger could also be a major stumbling block in any deal.