Nemanja Vidic has confirmed that he will leave Manchester United at the end of the current Barclays Premier League campaign. The 32-year old Serbian defender’s contract expires in the summer after a trophy laden Old Trafford career which started in 2006 after signing for £7m from Spartak Moscow on Christmas Day 2005. Vidic captained United […]
Manchester City’s expansion plans
Manchester City will discover next week whether they increase the capacity at the Etithad Stadium to 62,170. The extra 14,500 seats would make the ground second in size in the Premier League to Old Trafford Councillors are expected to grant City permission when they meet next Thursday. The club wants to extend the north and south stands […]
City slickers halted by Mourinho
MAN CITY 1, CHELSEA 0 Manchester City surrendered their 100-per-cent home record and missed out on the chance to reclaim top spot in the Barclays Premier League. Chelsea ended City run of 11 straight home league wins as right-back Branislav Ivanovic’s match-winning goal threw the title race even more wide open. Suddenly only two […]
Potteries woe for United as top-four hopes recede
STOKE CITY 2, MAN UNITED 1 Manchester United’s hopes of a top-four finish receded even further following their eighth Barclays Premier League defeat of the season at Stoke City. Two goals from Charlie Adam inflicted further misery on the Reds as Stoke registered a first league win against them in almost 30 years. And […]
Aguero sidelined for a month
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has revealed that in-form striker Sergio Aguero will be sidelined for a month after coming off with a hamstring problem in Wednesday night’s 5-1 thrashing of Tottenham at White Hart Lane. Aguero had only just returned from injury and was forced to play the whole FA Cup 4th Round tie […]