Manchester United have rejected an improved bid from Chelsea for Wayne Rooney. A fee is £25m plus addons is believed to have been lodged following an initial bid of around £20m but United have rejected it stating that Rooney is not for sale. The England forward was left out of United’s latest pre-season friendly in […]
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Chelsea open bidding for Rooney
Chelsea have reportedly had a bid for Wayne Rooney turned down by Manchester United. Several media outlets suggested that the bid consisted of £10m cash plus either Juan Mata or David Luiz but Jose Mourinho claimed that the offer was purely cash and that Rooney was Chelsea’s only summer transfer target. “Chelsea is interested in […]
A tale of two Rafaels
Man Utd 0, Chelsea 1 The chances of Rafael Benitez ever becoming Manchester United manager may be as likely as David Cameron leading the United Kingdom Independence Party into the next General Election. But when it comes to outwitting United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, Chelsea’s interim manager takes some beating. Having seen his team come […]
Ba stunner dumps United out of the FA Cup
CHELSEA 1, MANCHESTER UNITED 0 Sir Alex Ferguson’s double dream is over for another season after Chelsea dumped Manchester United out of the FA Cup. It was a game that never reached the heights but Chelsea did enough to deservedly win the quarter final replay after a stunning goal by Demba Ba was followed up […]
City win Community Shield
City collected the first silverware of the season after an entertaining 3-2 win over a Chelsea side who were reduced to ten men shortly after they went 1-0 up prior to half time. Fernando Torres struck after 40 minutes after Eden Hazard and Ramires bypassed the City defence after a poor clearance by Vincent Kompany. […]