It’s just over four years since the Glazer family took over Manchester United in the most heavily leveraged football buy-out in history. Despite fans’ anger, threats of violence, and a myriad of destroyed season tickets, Malcolm Glazer landed the club and handed it over to his sons Avram, Joel and Bryan to run. In doing [...]
Friday, July 3, 2009, by Ed
Where do you turn if two high profile attacking players leave and your number one transfer target heads elsewhere? You get out the cheque book and spend some of your £100 million summer transfer budget. Right? Wrong! In fact, you fall further into your dystopian nightmare in which public rejection, is followed by public humiliation. [...]
Wednesday, July 1, 2009, by Ed
It was the news that Sir Alex Ferguson was dreading – this summer’s principal transfer target, Olimpique Lyonnais’ Karim Benzema, has joined the Real Madrid gravy-train on a six-year contract. The striker, 21, has been the subject of a flurry of negotiations over the past 48 hours, with both United and Madrid seemingly making offers [...]
Viewpoints - Wed, Jul 1, 2009, by Ed
Sir Alex Ferguson made his first signing of what is expected to be a busy summer in the transfer market, when Wigan Athletic’s right winger Luis Antonio Valencia Mosquera signed in a £16 million deal yesterday. The Ecuadorian, nicknamed Toño Maravilla, has signed a four year contract on wages rumoured to be around £70,000 per [...]
Viewpoints - Tue, Jun 30, 2009, by Ed
While fans and media await United’s first moves in this summer’s transfer market, supporters can be secure in the knowledge that United are in rude health at youth level. United may have only the single player – Frazier Campbell – in the England under-21 squad that reached the final of the European Championships on Monday, [...]
Are you a budding Picasso with a mouse? If so enter the ever excellent Republik of Mancunia’s summer Paint competition. The rules are simple – use Paint to draw anything from the 2008/9 season. And if your effort is anything as good as the last winner… you’ll be rewarded with a RoM shirt of your [...]
Viewpoints - Fri, Jun 26, 2009, by Ed
In a warning to prospective empoyers, Manchester United forward Carlos Tevez today claimed that the signing of Dimitar Berbatov was the begining of the end of his time at Old Trafford. Speaking after rejecting the offer of a five year deal at Old Trafford, Tevez complained that the Bulgarian’s arrival at United in the summer [...]
Viewpoints - Tue, Jun 23, 2009, by Ed
Sir Alex Ferguson may have anything up to £125 million to spend this summer but it could be cash that burns a painful hole in his pocket by the time the transfer window closes on September 1. Top targets – depending on which tabloid you believe – who reportedly include Wigan Athletic’s Antonio Valencia, Olympique Lyonnais’ [...]
Viewpoints - Sun, Jun 21, 2009, by Ed
Manchester United has finally confirmed what many have known for some time – Carlos Tevez will leave the club after two years at Old Trafford. Fans’ favourite Tevez leaves United having scored 34 goals in 99 appearances for the club since arriving from West Ham. In a statement on the club’s website, United confirmed that following “contact received [...]
Viewpoints - Thu, Jun 18, 2009, by Ed
Anybody who caught Zoran Tošić’s lively display for Serbia under-21s against the Italian equivalent Tuesday night might wonder where Sir Alex Ferguson has been hiding the boy all these months. Tosic, who was signed from Partizan Belgrade with teammate Adem Ljajic in a £17 million joint deal last January, came to United with a glowing reputation as one [...]
Viewpoints - Wed, Jun 17, 2009, by Ed
A story broken in the Manchester Evening News, and followed-up by The Guardian and Independent this week have suggested that United are embarking on a under-26s only recruiment policy. The strategy, which comes into effect this summer, means that United will not recruit players 26 and over for large transfer fees that they cannot expect [...]
Ronaldo-less Manchester United will take on Birmingham City in the season 2009/10 opening fixture on August 15 at Old Trafford. Other notable pre-Christmas dates include a home match against Arsenal on August 29, the first derby of the season, at home to Manchester City, on September 19 and then Liverpool away on October 24. United finish the season with fixtures against Chelsea, Blackburn, City, [...]
Viewpoints - Tue, Jun 16, 2009, by Ed
United Rant takes pride in the depth of thought and analysis that goes into our editorial. But sometimes the hideous site of a Premiership footballer in hot pants and a crop top drags us into the gutter of lowest common denominator tabloid journalism. We’re not proud but, Rio, you Wobbly Gobbed Tosser, you made us [...]
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Friday, July 3, 2009, by Ed
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