England manager Roy Hodgson has named Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney in his England squad for the games against Montenegro and Poland at Wembley next week. Rooney is joined by United team mates Danny Welbeck, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Michael Carrick, and Tom Cleverley. Rooney had earlier been passed fit to play this weekend at Sunderland […]
Manchester United
Rooney to be fit for England duty
Wayne Rooney could recover from a shin injury in time to report for England duty next week. The injury flared up and prevented his participation in Manchester United’s away game in the Champions League against Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday night but was omitted from the squad after his shin swelled up. United manager David Moyes […]
Giggs takes Champions League appearance record
Ryan Giggs reached a Champions League landmark when he came on as a substitute for Marouane Fellaini in Manchester United’s away tie against Shaktar Donetsk at the Donbass Arena tonight. The Welsh winger recorded his 145th appearance, beating Spanish striker Raul’s record in all Champions League games including qualifiers. Giggs was proud of his achievement […]
Van Persie touch and go to face Shakhtar
Robin Van Persie returned from injury to play in the shock defeat to West Brom at Old Trafford on Saturday but Manchester United manager David Moyes will make a final decision on playing the Dutch striker from the start until tomorrow. “Yes Robin is fit.” confirmed Moyes. “But we will make a decision tomorrow whether […]
Baggies pile on the misery for Moyes
Manchester United 1, West Brom 2 The stats wizards were doing overtime after David Moyes’ first defeat at Old Trafford as Manchester United manager, and this was against a team known for getting five managers the sack in the last three years after defeats against them. There is no prospect of the United board acting […]