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Berbatov’s time to shine

October 9th, 2009 · No Comments

When a player is the subject of a 30 million transfer fee in the market, the subject is expected to deliver. Though the occasional glimpse of genius has been seen at Dimitar Berbatov’s Old Trafford career, the phrases in the opening line have been associated with the Bulgarian to date.
Alex Ferguson chased his man [...]

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Tags: Manchester United

CR7 – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

June 15th, 2009 · No Comments

Fergie had just done what was once considered unthinkable and sold David Beckham to Real Madrid for £25 Million.
How would United replace him? Could they replace him?
When a rather gangly looking teenager bought from Sporting Lisbon for half of what we sold Beckham for was introduced as a sub against Bolton in 2003, he set [...]

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Tags: Manchester United · Players

Ronaldo Deal: As Explained By The UK Press

June 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Where would we all be without the UK Press? An even better question is what am I doing adding even more print to the already exhausted saga of the world record transfer of the greatest narcissist in the history of football?
Ronaldo must be positively unbearable, flouncing around in LA with the world media spotlight on [...]

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Tags: Manchester United · Players

Serie A Teams Disappoint In Tuesday’s UCL Round Of 16 Matches

February 27th, 2009 · No Comments

The most exciting part of the UEFA Champions League is underway, The Knockout Stages. We’re getting closer to crowning a European champion and if Italian teams continue to play the way they did on Tuesday in the 1st leg of the Round of 16 then the UEFA Champions League trophy will not settle in [...]

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