With the Carling Cup underway a new generation of young players will be on view to those fans that can’t make it down to Carrington or Gigg Lane. Fabio da Silva, Ritchie de Laet, Danny Welbeck, Joshua King and Federico Macheda played in Wednesday night’s match against Wolves. More are likely to feature but who [...]
Friday, September 25, 2009
The Carling Cup has become Sir Alex Ferguson’s preferred route to blooding younger players. Despite opposition when Ferguson first employed the tactic nearly 15 years ago, it is a pattern now followed by most of the leading Premier League clubs. Understandable too – as the club’s lowest priority competition there is value in offering younger players [...]
Friday, September 4, 2009
Chelsea today received one of the stiffest penalties ever sanctioned by world governing body FIFA after it lost a case heard by the body’s Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC). The London club, which has been banned from buying any players for the next two transfer windows, was punished by FIFA’s following a contractual dispute between French [...]
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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, [...]
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Friday, September 25, 2009
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