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Manchester United have seen themselves eliminated in Group stage play twice in the past seven years. On both occasions, there was the Portuguese team Benfica in the Group who won the upper hand over The Red Devils. Sir Alex vowed not to give away any home advantage again this season, but his decision to rest [...]

I have always firmly believed that Pep Guardiola will be Sir Alex Ferguson’s successor at Old Trafford. I read a great article on Goal.com by Wayne Versey this morning regarding the impending retirement of the Man Utd manager . Although not yet having decided on a definite date to retire, the “Old Man” of Old [...]

Despite rescinding his wage demands, Nani could not avoid the axe as Sir Alex made five changes from the side that were battered at Goodison Park. Rafael came back at right back as Valencia and Ashley Young flanked Cleverley and Anderson. Van Persie made his home debut for United alongside Kagawa but it was Wayne [...]

I’ve always found personally, that knee jerk reactions to attitude changing events are usually counter productive so I have delayed writing a post on Saturday’s Champions League Final between Barcelona and Man Utd at Wembley Stadium in an attempt to try to digest what happened and come up with some kind of intelligent explanation of [...]

It would not be a complete English Premier League season without the traditional speculation about whether Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is planning to retire from the game. Every year the English media tries the guessing game to determine if and when this cataclysmic event will take place. I can assure all of you [...]