A number of parallels can be drawn between the world of football and a cruel mistress. In both cases, irrespective of how frequently we are lied to, cheated and treated with utter disdain, we inevitably go back for more. In a nutshell, we love them with all of our hearts whilst they barely recognise our existence. This close season has been characterised by swathes of players running roughshod over ...

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All summer Manchester United have fought tooth and nail to keep one Portuguese at the club. It seems that Cristiano Ronaldo, the subject of intense transfer speculation, will remain at the club for the coming season. However, Sir Alex Ferguson's highly rated assistant manager Carlos Quieroz looks to be on the verge on taking the up the vacant Portugal job. The diplomatic Quieroz recently said, "Things are being dealt ...

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It may just be me, but the euphoria of a League and Champions League Double should last longer than it has done. For one reason and another, Manchester United followers are afflicted by feelings of indifference as the summer unfolds. Never mind the glee associated with winning a third European Cup or closing in on Liverpool's record 18 League triumphs, everybody seems more concerned with the future of ...

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Manchester United will kick start the summer spending by bidding £30million for Seville stars Luis Fabiano and Dani Alves this week. Dani Alves, who previously has been a target for Chelsea and Liverpool, is seen as a long term replacement for the aging and injury prone Gary Neville, while Luis Fabiano will add the experience and goals to the united front line. Luis Fabiano has scored 33 times ...

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Manchester United easily dispatched of West Ham United at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon after which Sir Alex Ferguson indulged the crowd with a quick speech. The tone was celebratory as the players embarked upon a quick lap of honour to mark the final home game of the season. The big issues are by no means sewn up though. We have known, ever since Michael Ballack thumped Chelsea back ...

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After a nine year wait, and for only the third time in our history, we are in the European Cup Final. The poignancy and romance of our appearance in the final of the greatest club competition in the world, coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster as well as the fortieth anniversary of our original triumph over Benfica, cannot be lost not only on our ...

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  United duo Wayne Rooney and Nemanja Vidic are both major doubts for the Tuesdays' return leg of the Champions League Semifinal between Manchester United and Barcelona. Both players suffered injuries in the ferocious encounter against Chelsea which united lost 2-1.  Nemanja Vidic was carried off on a stretcher due to heavy bleeding, after an accidental collision with Drogba. Striker Wayne Rooney however suffered a hip injury and was taken off right after he ...

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Manchester United have two league games left and a Champions League semi-final sandwiched in between. But, to use a well worn cliche, they are all cup finals now. United's disappointing 2-1 surrender at Chelsea on Saturday, has left a title race that the Red Devils should have sewn up, on a knife edge. League football usually operates on the form principle. A team on a good run of wins ...

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In June 2005, Malcolm Glazer assumed full control of United, after a protracted and often bitterly disputed takeover bid. The Glazer family have been at the helm for a little under three years and whilst there has been a small core of supporters so disgruntled that they have opted to form a breakaway club, the majority of the fans have continued to back the club. This does not ...

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Though many critics never believed it was possible 2 season back, Fergie is still in a job. More secure than ever. Why? He managed to rebuild United into a team capable of being great. Over the last 2 seasons United have played some of the best football the British Isles have witnessed. But what has even been more impressive is that it has been done with a team full ...

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