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Rumours are circulating that AC Milan are on the verge of breaking their transfer policy of recruiting ageing stars by signing someone who could, loosely, be termed to be a youngster. Several of the papers this morning are implying that the Italian giants are preparing a bid, in the region of £10 million, to lure our central defender, Alex, away from Stamford Bridge. For the past few weeks it has been well documented that Alex has expressed a desire to move on, although subsequent ... Read More

Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo has spoken of his dislike for the City, which could encourage him to move to Inter, particularly now that sponsors Nike are pushing him towards the Theatre of Dreams. The 23 year old has spent the past five years in Manchester and despite thriving on the pitch he has stated: "I know Manchester from side to side, whereas I spend most of my time at home. "It is pretty much different from Portugal. I am missing the beach, the sun and ... Read More

Sir Alex Ferguson is confident of a title win for Manchester United despite being in third position in the league table, and six points away from title leaders Liverpool. Speaking to The Sun, Ferguson commented: “You look at the first half of the season and we’ll have played away to almost every team who finished in the top 10 last season. “That’s incredible. I have to say having home advantage against those teams at the end of the season should help us.” “This season if we ... Read More

Manchester United's manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been forced to speak out in defence of player Cristiano Ronaldo after the much hyped Derby match, in which he recevied a red card for deliberately handballing. Despite, Ferguson's protestations, it might lead some to wonder whether Ronaldo is up to the task of pushing United forward for a title win given his individualistic style and failure to put side before self everytime as per Billy Bremner. After seeing the replays, Ferguson, however claims both that Ronaldo was ... Read More

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has spoken out on when he intends to leave the club: “I think the time, if you’re going to retire, would be at the end of a summer. I say to players, don’t retire at the end of the season,” Speaking about former Celtic Captain Billy McNeill he continued: “Billy retired at the end of the season and he got through the summer and he found he was ready to go again. You get a break, you are freshened ... Read More

Sir Alex Ferguson has described the Arsenal team as being 'in disarray'. Speaking about Arsenal's defeat against Manchester City he said: "Maybe City got Arsenal on the right day last Saturday because there seems to be a lot of disarray in the Arsenal camp with the carry-on with one of their players," "But you can only do what you are supposed to do and City did that very convincingly." However, Wenger angrily denied the accusations: "I don't feel we are in disarray,"   "I feel that Manchester City are ... Read More

21 year old Serbian star Zoran Tosic has received an international work permit to play at Old Trafford, after United mounted a battle to allow the move given that Tosic had not played enough games to qualify automatically for a move. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was amongst the delegation who appeared at the hearing in Sheffield. Despite the existence of the permit, United have said that no deal will be completed until the transfer window opens at the start of January. Speculation ... Read More

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has stated that his team are better equipped for retaining the Champions League trophy this year than they were in 2000, after their triple-winning season. Speaking on the official website, Ferguson said: "The year after 1999 we were very naïve," "Teams sussed us out tactically; teams like Ajax and Anderlecht played counter-attack on their own grounds which caught us by surprise. We should have changed, but we didn’t and we suffered. We didn’t do well that year. "This season I ... Read More

Former Manchester United defender Gerard Pique, who left United to return to Barcelona, has spoken out to the Spanish press on the poor diet and discipline of his former English team mates: 'There were some incredible things happening at United," "It [the diet at Old Trafford] was outrageous. Everyone ate whatever they wanted to eat and when you think about the typical English diet, you can imagine what I am talking about.   "The players were allowed to eat what they wanted and it must be ... Read More

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has insisted that the club are in no rush to sign a new contract deal with Cristiano Ronaldo. The statement follows reports that Ronaldo's agency wants United to sit down for contract talks soon, however Ferguson is happy with Ronaldo's current contract. "I don't know what other clubs pay their players, but he [Ronaldo] is very well paid by us and quite rightly. He deserves to be paid tremendous amounts," "All the players that are well paid deserve it ... Read More

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Steve Bennett, one of the leading referees, has described how the FA's Respect campaign is collapsing, and described the behaviour of managers and players as being akin to "ravenous animals smelling blood". The Respect campaign was introduced at the beginning of this season, in the hopes of improving relations between the FA and players and the managers. Bennett claims referees are being made into scapegoats, speaking to the Daily Mirror he said: "Away from the pitch, most of us would never fire such offensive verbal ... Read More