Sir Alex Ferguson is going crazy due to his defense worries. Rio’s fitness worries and a bust up with Vidic (which I believe was a grapevine) have forced both these defenders to be out of action. And Fergie has found a solution to this problem by weighing up an £18million move for Porto defender Rolando.
Rolando is a young and tall defender who is strong in the air. The 24 year old and 6ft 3in tall central defender has featured in Portugal’s U21 side and has been recently called up to the senior Portugal squad. I am glad that Man United is strengthening their defense because of concerns over the futures of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic.
Porto have put a price tag of £28m for Rolando and Fergie is in no mood to splash more than £18m. By the way, United are also linked with Bruno Alves who too is a Porto player.
Coming back to the Ronaldo and Rolando confusion, both of them share a few things in common. Here they are:
- Both were born in 1985.
- Both were (and are) well thought of by former United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz.
- Both have an eye for goal.
- Both are Portuguese (that was obvious)
Everything surprised me a lot. Ferguson said that he didn't talk with the club doctor, but he didn't say that he doesn't believe in my injuries and that we are in a fight.
Everybody in the club knows that I have a marvellous understanding with my coach Ferguson.
Moreover, I'm not unhappy at Old Trafford. I'm just injured and that is the end of the story.
Vida's name has been mentioned with a move away from United in the recent days. Real Madrid have already made the Serbian defender their summer target pricing him at £20 million. It's a known fact that Vida's wife Ana is not happy with life in England but the defender has never spoken about his desire to leave Old Trafford.
O'Shea is regarded as the most versatile player for Manchester United by Sir Alex Ferguson. He has been one of Fergie’s favorite players due to his high degree of adaptability. He can play in defense as well as midfield and has also scored crucial goals for the Red Devils.
The Irishman who made his debut in October 1999 has made 352 appearances for Manchester United. O’Shea completed ten years at Old Trafford two months back and this is his first injury at the club. His absence for two months will mean more problems for United in the defense.
Nemanja Vidic and Wes Brown have returned to guard the central defense but missing out Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans hurts. And now John O'Shea too joins the injury list. In John’s case, blood had congealed in his thigh while playing against France and is making a slower than expected recovery.
We may be able to see O’Shea back in March but the return of Rafael and Fabio is a big boost. At least Fergie can now field a recognizable back-four. I hope Rio and Jonny return to training soon since we are approaching an important part of the year with Champions League and Cup matches getting more competitive.
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If you are thinking that both legs of Manchester United vs Milan will be targeted towards David Beckham, then you are wrong. There’s a big grandpa standing at the Old Trafford gate and his name is Sir Alex Ferguson.
Manchester United are tracking and targeting CSKA Moscow defender Uros Cosic. It is reported that the Red Devils are lining up a January move for the Serbian defender.
Sir Alex Ferguson is desperate to strengthen his injury plagued back-line. With tough part of the season approaching and knockout rounds of Champions League to come, Fergie knows he can’t play Carrick and Fletcher every time in the defense. And to solve his defense crisis, Fergie has shortlisted the 17-year-old Uros Cosic.
I don’t know why Sir Alex has such affinity towards Serbian players. We already have 2 Serbian players in the team - Nemaja Vidic and Zoran Tosic. Recently, Manchester United were linked with Milos Krasic; who too is a Serb. I guess, Fergie has already spotted the next Rio Ferdinand in Uros Cosic.
CSKA are unwilling to let go of their highly-rated defender, who they feel is even better than fellow-countryman Nemanja Vidic. Though CSKA won’t play in Champions League next season, yet they want to hang onto their 17 year old defender. And guess what, they are luring him to stay in Russia by promising to grant Russian citizenship!
CSKA president Yevgeni Giner said, "I must stress that we would like to keep Cosic. We even offered him Russian citizenship. I have not seen such a great central defender before, not to mention that he is only 17. But Manchester United would also love to have him. They have already made several attempts to approach me about him, asking if I was ready to negotiate."
"They can see - the boy is going to grow into a bigger star than Vidic."
I have never heard about Uros Cosic and don’t know whether he is better than Vida, but what I know is – United seriously need a couple of good defenders. Our back four have got injured regularly and if Fergie does not play his cards soon, situation might worsen.
Milos Krasic is a Serbian professional footballer who currently plays for CSKA Moscow and is a member of the Serbia national team. Yeah, he can join his compatriot Nemanja Vidic at Old Trafford soon as a January move to England looks almost certain.
'I think that if Krasic leaves CSKA in January, he is 90 per cent likely to go to England. If he doesn’t leave in January, in the summer Italy could return as a possibility. And if Milan were to come forward, it would be an excellent solution for Milos, no doubt about it,’ said agent Dejan Joksimovic.
CSKA would be more than happy to cash on their expensive players as they prepare for a transition after finishing fifth in the Russian league and failing to qualify for next season's Champions League. Yevgeny Giner, who happens to be the President at CSKA says he will not stand in the way of Krasic moving on to bigger and better things.
The Russian club is ready to listen to acceptable offers for Krasic and goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, who has also been linked to Manchester United.

His present team-mate Ryan Giggs eclipsed Sir Charlton's appearance record in the 2008 Champions League final against Barcelona. Rooney currently sits 18th on the all-time goal scorers list behind Ruud van Nistelrooy and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Even Dimitar Berbatov has showered lots of praise on Rooney for his skills and commitment to football. He said that Wayne is the first one to arrive on the training ground and the last one to leave. That shows how much he enjoys his football and his commitment towards learning. Also he is never in the newspapers for whatever reasons, simply because he does not want to become a celebrity. He is a footballer and likes to remain a football player all his life.
Great going Rooney. I hope to see you score more goals this season, especially since Tevez and Ronaldo have left. And I don't trust in the goal scoring abilities of Owen and Berbatov.
The other day i was reading an article where Aston Villa manager, Martin O'Neill said that he feels Roy Keane will return to Manchester United one day; to manage them. Currently Keane is the manager at Sunderland and has achieved incredible results as he stepped in with no managerial experience and turned results around and won promotion from the Championship at the first attempt. Last year he made sure his team's promotion was not a fluke by avoiding relegation.
He said that every professional footballer dreams of playing for Real or Barcelona. And given the talent and the form CR7 has displayed over the years, Real were tempting him to leave Manchester. This transfer sage stretched the whole summer with the Portugese star deceiding to stay for another year, after the advice from his manager.
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Manchester United have appointed Mike Phelan as assistant manager after Carlos Queiroz had left Old Trafford to become Portugal coach in July. Phelan, a former United player who has worked his way up through the ranks of the backroom staff, has been working as a first team coach since 2001. Elsewhere, Dutchman Rene Meulensteen has also been promoted from technical skills development officer to take on Phelan's former role. It seems everything is falling into place now, with United having the Asst. manager and Berbatov coming to the squad. United are looking much stronger and raring to go for the silverware this season.
Manchester United's golie Edwin Van der Sar has added his name to the list of Manchester United players who have pleaded for Ronaldo to stay.
The veteran has appreciated that the squad is tightly and stronger than ever to win more trophies. He said there is no reason why Ronaldo should quit Old Trafford. United has got everything that a player dreams for, be it money, players, manager or trophies. Also now United can compete in more competitions like the Super Cup and International Cup. Even Michael Carrick has said that he is loving life being a red devil and has urged his team-mate to stay.
After over a month of the drama on Ronaldo's future, everyone seems to make their points and express their desire of wanting the Portugese winger to stay.
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