Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has admitted defeat in his bid to sign Wayne Rooney from Manchester United. After urging Rooney to make his feelings public about wanting a transfer clear within 48 hours of the end of Chelsea’s game against United at Old Trafford, it seems the wily Portuguese boss went for ‘Plan B’ and […]
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Manchester clubs find out their Champions League groups
Manchester United were drawn in Group A of the Champions League and will face games against Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen and Real Sociedad. Manchester City were drawn in group D and will face defending champions Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow and Viktoria Plzen. Both Manchester clubs will be relatively happy at the groups they were assigned. […]
United face Liverpool Capital One Cup test
Manchester United have been drawn against Liverpool in the Third Round of the Capital One Cup. In what is expected to be the plum tie of the round United will welcome a Liverpool side that could feature Luis Suarez after his ten match ban for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic last season ends in a […]
Heavyweights lack punch
MAN UTD 0, CHELSEA 0 David Moyes endured a frustrating first competitive match at Old Trafford as Manchester United were held to a goalless draw by Chelsea. Though Jose Mourinho will have gained most psychologically from the first clash of the campaign involving any of the Premier League heavyweights, United’s manager delivered an upbeat […]
Everton reject £28m combined United bid for Fellaini and Baines
Everton have described a renewed bid by Manchester United for Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines as “derisory and insulting.” United are believed to have bid £16m for Fellaini, whose £23.5m minimum release clause expired at the end of July, and £12m for Baines which was unimproved from July. David Moyes’ United started their season with […]