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Rumors about CR7

May25
2011 Leave a Comment

The owners from Manchester City want to shake the football world trough some transfers of five stars players. And the middle element, money, are not a problem for them. The others want to keep the pace so, this year champions, Manchester United open their doors.

The media in England wrote more and more about the rumor of a possible return of Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid to Manchester United. After Ronaldo admitted that he misses the life at Old Trafford and his former coach, Ferguson, Real’s player is expected back at United. Even Sir Alex Ferguson told to his intimates that he leaves the door open for a return of Cristiano Ronaldo to Manchester.

“Sir Alex told me that it would take Ronaldo back tomorrow. We both think it is a great player who can play either on a part or as a single striker. But what is truly remarkable is that he always scores” says Ferguson’s friend, the Italian Marcello Lippi.

Cristiano Ronaldo went from Manchester to Real for more than 90 million euros in the summer of 2009.

But in football anything is possible. The ball is round and the money rule the market so, the rumors might turn into facts soon.

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Leaving for Spain

May23
2011 Leave a Comment

The trophy won by Manchester United irritates a lot of people in England. The teams right under the Red Devils are very frustrated about their quest failure. In this direction, players want to change the wet air for a shinier future.
In 2006 came from Sao Paolo to Arsenal, Denilson has found a place in Arsenal’s first eleven, being involved in 111 games in the last three seasons.

After the disastrous year in terms of performance for Arsenal, Denilson wants to leave, claiming he had “the worst season of his career”.

“I am a winner, I want to win trophies and in five years at Arsenal have not won anything and I want to leave out of here. It was the most disastrous season in my life, ” was Denilson’s shocking statement.

“I want to go to Spain!”were the last words of the Brazilian player.
But will Spain be a good target? Is there a team ready to pay for Denilson? If it really will happen, it must be to a big team so that his dreams to come true.

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Premier League has a new champion

May16
2011 Leave a Comment

As the end of the season approaches, with a stage left, Barclays Premier League has a new champion. The race was between two teams, Manchester United and Chelsea but, after the draw with Blackburn Rovers, The Red Devils got one point, just enough for the title.

Everything came in the 73’rd minute with Wayne Rooney’s penalty which proved enough to earn United a 1-1 draw with Blackburn Rovers and obtained a record 19th championship.

“The treble season was something special. I don’t think anyone will ever do it again. We made a go at it, as a manager of the club, you have to try that.
But I didn’t think it would happen. I thought we would get knocked out somewhere along the line. Fortunately it was the one you would want to win least of all because the Premier League and the Champions League are paramount.” Sir Alex Ferguson said.

Manchester United will hold a victory parade in the centre of the city on 30th May to celebrate winning the Barclays Premier League title. The event will take place at lunchtime and the open-top bus parade to give fans the chance to join in the celebrations of a record-breaking 19th league title and also a potential Champions League success.

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Antonio Valencia, a player story

May16
2011 Leave a Comment

He was born in Lago Agrio (Ecuador) Amazon Jungle, and on the road to Old Trafford he had a lot of “walking barefoot.”

Antonio Valencia had a very difficult childhood, a landscape in black, outlined by poor, and the main occupation of the locals. Lago Agrio is where the famous Texaco company is extracting petrol.
To survive and to cope with costs that will allow him to play football, Valencia was forced to do all sorts of activities. A search for empty bottles and sold them to raise money to buy boots. Several years later, the situation would change radically.

At the age of 20 arrived in England at Wigan, on a loan from Villarreal and midfielder relatives said that he was very hard to communicate with someone: “He knew no English, and have serious problems even to read Spanish.”

In 2008, Wigan definitely buy it, and a later season, Alex Ferguson brought him in exchange for 16 million pounds.

On September 15, 2010, Valencia was seriously injured in a Champions League match and the doctors thought the whole season he is doomed.

But the midfielder has returned with a goal on April 9, in the game against Fulham, and Ferguson is convinced that this recovery equation mattered enormously in winning the title.

“This boy is all you need in a player – balance, strength, speed. In addition he is the player with the greatest capacity to think the game” Alex Ferguson said.

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Manchester, only one point for the title

May09
2011 Leave a Comment

Premier League was the place to watch a beautiful game between two teams in a battle for Barclays Premier League trophy. Manchester United and Chelsea fought bravely, but the Red Devils turned victorious with the score of 2-1.

Sir Alex Ferguson: “We could’ve scored six in the second half, but we expected a tough game and we got a tough game. We were brilliant, we got a great start but Cech made some fantastic saves. When we gave the ball away for their goal, we were a bit nervy but the fans helped us. We kept making chances and Rooney could’ve scored six today.”

Carlo Ancelotti: “In the first minute we lost the game, we started so badly. It was very difficult after that to come back and try to win. The second half was better but United played better and deserved to win. We have to accept the defeat, today United were better and in general this season they were better than us. They deserve to win title, they will win and we have to try to maintain second place.”

Teams:
Manchester United: Van der Sar, Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, O’Shea, Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Park, Rooney, Hernandez
Substitutes: Nani, Anderson, Smalling, Berbatov, Scholes, Kuszczak, Evans

Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Terry, David Luiz, Cole, Mikel, Lampard, Essien, Kalou, Drogba, Malouda
Substitutes: Ferreira, Benayoun, Anelka, Torres, Turnbull, Ramires, Alex

After this game, Manchester United is just one point from the finalwith two matches against relegation-threatened Blackburn Rovers next Saturday and Blackpool in the final leg.

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