Going All Out

 

 

 

First League Win

 

On the eve of their second match in the premier league encounter, Man United hope to improve hey football display against Sunderland, whom United know it won’t be an easy encounter. The lost to Swansea last weekend in the opening fixture at home turf in front of thousand fans.

Striker Robin van Persie has fully recovered from his injury and match fit for United’s game at Sunderland on Sunday. Midfielders Ander Herrera, Marouane Fellaini and Michael Carrick, all suffer ankle injury will be out, as is effective man Jesse Lingard, who suffers from a knee injury. United fans will get to see winger Antonio Valencia back in action after his recovering from the leg problem that kept him out of the defeat to Swansea. Defenders Jonny Evans (leg), Luke Shaw (hamstring) and Marcos Rojo (still waiting for work permit) will unavailable while, right-back Rafael (groin) and striker Danny Welbeck (knee), who has also been told he can leave the club are still in doubt that they can recover in time.

South Americans heading to Manchester

The signing of Marcos Rojo was a delightful moment for Man United supporters that witness the club major signing this transfer window. Manchester United are hoping to finally land Angel Di Maria by making a £56million bid for him in the coming days. United have been cleared to sign Di Maria after he handed in a transfer request at Real Madrid, and front runners Paris Saint Germain ruled out a move. According to Marca (Spanish daily sport newspaper) the Red Devils are keen to put in a £56million bid within the next few days as they look to snatch up the Argentinians signature. Man United have suggested a £200,000-a-week wage deal, with few details in the contract are left to be sorted out. Di Maria has made no secret of his interest in playing in the Premier League, and United will aim to use that to push through his transfer. The signing of Di Maria will see two Argentinians’ that played in the World Cup finals being introduced into the team sheet hopefully by next week league match against Queens Park Rangers at OldTrafford.

 

Match day 2 Details according to Bob Williams from The Telegraph

24 August 2014

Stadium of Light

Kick-off: 4pm

Supersport 3

Starting XIs

Sunderland (Possible, 4-1-4-1): Mannone; Roberge, O’Shea, Brown, Van Aanholt; Cattermole; Johnson, Rodwell, Larsson, Buckley; Fletcher.

Manager: GusPoyet

Manchester United (Possible, 3-4-1-2): De Gea; Jones, Smalling, Blackett; Valencia, Fletcher, Cleverley, Young; Mata, Rooney, Van Persie

Manager: Louis van Gaal

 

 

 

Man United Shopping Spree ...

Manchester United go through a shopping spree after a disgraceful campaign that saw them finish seventh in the 2013/2014 Barclays Premier league, something Manchester United has never experienced in the reign of former manager, Sir Alex Ferguson. With the arrival of Louis Van Gaal, the club sets to boost their squad within the current transfer window. Van Gaal is hoping to close deals of players such as Ángel Di María, Arturo Vidal, Daley Blind, Juan Cuadrado and World Cup winner, Mats Hummels. With clubs preseason imports of Luke Shaw and Ander Herrera, the Dutch manager has confirmed that seven the clubs players are set to departure before the start of the new campaign. Even though the club has lost major sponsors, Manchester United have agreed an enormous £750million sponsorship deal with Adidas, which means we will see Manchester United in Adidas from the beginning of the 2015/ 2016 campaign. Other major sponsor, will be £47 million-per-year shirt sponsorship deal with Chevrolet, which sees it as the current world-record sponsor holding.

Objectives

Van Gaals has been opted three objectives. First objective is to clear out players that he believes are not ‘’fit’’ for his formation 3-5-2 formation. Secondly, the team expect him to win his first five opening matches before facing the league giants and league contenders, Chelsea, at the end of October. Last objective the club has set for the Dutch manager is to select a captain after the departure of the Reds former captain, Nemanja Vidić, for Italian giants Internazionale. Rumoured that the Dutch might choose between strikers Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie, van Gaal has said that he might prefer an ‘English style’ skipper.

van Gaal versus Ferguson

When Louis van Gaal was positioned to take over Ajax in 1991, he took over the club desperately trying to live up to its past glories. He was unsentimental in his actions, picking established and popular players such as Brian Roy and Dennis Bergkamp and quickly implemented his own tactics. There is a school of thought that says the reason David Moyes failed at Manchester United was that he was too similar to Sir Alex Ferguson but wasn’t Ferguson. Sir Alex Ferguson is very much a manager in the Matt Busby mould. He may be the last of his generation and, I believe, he is the greatest football manager ever. Sir Alex had huge self-belief, strengthened by generosity and humility. The Premier League is far greater than any other league in the world. There is lots of money involved, competition is harsh from teams top to bottom of the league. There is far more combination between home-grown and bought, British and foreign great players, with managers doing far more. Managers around the world can learn from Sir Alex, the greatest manager of all time, according to me.