Harvey Elliott will miss the Champions League opener for Liverpool in Group B after he suffered a serious ankle injury during the weekend’s Premier League win over Leeds United. Liverpool will begin their Champions League campaign this season with an home game against Italian Serie A outfit AC Milan.
Liverpool and AC Milan make up half of the Group of Death with FC Porto and Atletico Madrid as the other teams in the group. read more
Manchester United’s forward Romelu Lukaku has claimed that he is not worried at the prospect of Zlatan Ibrahimovic providing him a competition in the first team.
Yet, the Belgian international has dismissed those claims by saying that he would welcome the presence of additional competition in the team. United are looking to win the Premier League title for the first time since 2013 when Alex Ferguson was able to lead the club to success. read more
Turkish football giants, Fenerbahce has come out to deny a transfer rumour that would see them sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
According to the reports, the Yellow Canaries are expected to spend no less than £8.8 million [€10m] per-season to sign the experienced Manchester United striker.
This rumour currently making the rounds has however been denied by the Istanbul giants.In an official statement released by Fenerbahce yesterday, the club asked the sports newspaper to pay for the transfer since they claim it is going on.
The statement also noted that the newspaper report was a complete fabrication and should be disregarded by all and sundry.
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In spite of what has been an unremarkable season for Jose Mourinho in his debut campaign in charge of Manchester United, the Portuguese coach is still expected to remain in charge of the Premier League club for at least another season.
One of the reasons of why the upcoming season might not kick-off in a positive way is due to the fact that Luke Shaw might miss the start of the next campaign. Luke Shaw is a 21 year rising star who is trying to find his place on the 1st team of Jose Mourinho.
Luke Shaw underwent surgery on his injury foot and it remains uncertain as to how long it’s going to take him to get fully recovered but he’s not expected to come back anytime soon.
The English defender has spent the majority of the season on the sidelines but he has been getting playing time on certain matches and has made 11 Premier League appearances which is fairly surprising for a youngster who is trying to make his presence felt in the club that has won the most Premier League titles ever.
Another of the reasons of why the 2017-18 might not initiate in full force for Manchester United is because KylianMbappe does not want to join them the team of Jose Mourinho. read more
Manchester United have been drawn to face FC Rostov in the last 16 of the Europa League competition.
Jose Mourinho’s men thrashed French side Saint Etienne 0-1 in the return leg. Summer signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan grabbed the only goal of the game even though he could not finish the game as he limped off. Paul Pogba – who lined up against his brother – was awarded the Man of the Match. Another summer signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic had given Man United the advantage as he scored thrice in the first leg at Old Trafford.
The victory ensured United’s form since November continued strong. After their sloppy side, the team seems to have found the right balance.
Etienne wanted to win the game even if they did not qualify the coach said. read more
Man United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has rejected the flurry of offers from China to move to the Far East as he opted to extend his stay in English football.
Since leaving French champions Paris St. Germain on a free transfer deal last season, the player has been impressive for the Red Devils. Ibrahimovic has netted 16 times for Manchester United after 25 games.
He was reportedly offered £120 million to move to China but his agent Mino Raiola has revealed that the player would remain with the current set-up. read more
Sir Alex Ferguson has spoken about the awkwardness of the situation when he had to convey to some of the veterans of his Premiership Champion side in 1994 that he was going to offload them.
The Scot says that his emotional connect with those veterans was very strong, but, at the end of the day, he had to tell himself that he was in a job and wasn’t somebody’s guardian and rather than thinking about the future of those particular players, he should think about the future of the team because it’s the team owners who are paying him his salary and they are paying him that only to take care of the team. read more
The head coach of Manchester United Jose Mourinho, has always been someone who is not afraid on letting his voice be heard and the Portuguese coach has recently talked about implementing new rules in the Premier League and according to him, one of the problems that comes along with enforcing new guidelines is consistency as referees need to be consistent when following these fresh set of regulations.
Manchester United’s boss continued on saying that football is indeed a contact sport and a certain level of aggressiveness and moves should be done in order to stop the opposing players from performing as they would like to but grappling is just something completely different that deserves to be punished accordingly.
“Every time Fellaini wants to jump, he can’t jump, that is another story, body, shoulders. I think football has to be a contact sport but the grab, the pull of the shirt, not looking at the ball and just at the player to grab them this is a penalty, but it has to be a penalty every time, with every club, with every player.” Manchester United’s Jose Mourinho added on.
A new set of rules are believed to be taking place that will completely ban players from grappling others and Jose Mourinho is hoping that this is done in an efficient manner but more importantly, in a consistent way that doesn’t only favor 1 club in particular.
You might be looking at news and articles that are discussing the probable exit of van Gaal from United. There are several talks doing the rounds of van Gaal, being replaced by Mourinho but the players state that, there are several rumors and speculations that are talked about the players as well as their coach at all times.
Hence, it is important for the club members to know what to focus upon. It is true that Manchester United stays under the spotlight most of the year as it is a glamorous English club that refuses to go out of the news. It remains to be seen if Mourinho will actually replace Van Gaal as the manager of the club and who the bookies prefer currently.
The fact is that, there is a lot of pressure on the players as well as the manager when it comes to Manchester United. Hence, maintaining focus on the performance on the field often becomes difficult. The team has been suffering a difficult time as the defeat which they faced at West Ham. There had been violence that erupted when the windows of the bus were smashed by fans of West Ham.
It might have been instrumental in delaying the match as well as lowering the morale of the team, which led to their defeat as well. Many teams are jealous of the fame and glamor that Manchester United is associated with. It should come as little wonder that the team comes under attack from fans of opposing teams.
However, the team members insist that such violence is often natural and it does not deter the focus of the members on the game. Hence, if there was a defeat on the field, it could be translated into the fans having succeeded in demoralizing the opposing team.
