EVRA MISSES RONALDO

It has been almost 4 seasons since the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo from Old Trafford, but the defender Patrice Evra reckons that the club still misses him. The 27-year-old Portuguese international managed to become one of the best players in the world during his six year spell at the club. He had arrived as an 18-year-old prodigy, but he was known for his inconsistency early in his career. However, he developed himself to such an extent that he later won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award with Manchester United. Ronaldo then transferred to Real Madrid in a world record deal of £ 80 million.

He will be returning to Old Trafford to face his former club for the first time since leaving in 2009 in the two clubs face each other in the last 16 stage of the European cup. Ronaldo scored in the first leg against the two teams with a header that was reminiscent of his goal in the 2008 Champions League final for Manchester United. Evra and Ronaldo played with each other for three years from 2006 to 2009. Ronaldo almost single-handedly helped United win several matches during his time at the club. Even though there have been many great players since then, Evra has admitted that the Red Devils still miss the Portuguese.

“This will be a highly emotional game for Ronaldo, simply because he still loves Manchester United! I definitely hope that all this emotional charge around these games end up getting to him, since that can turn out to be perfect for us. I believe we can stop him with love! We’ve already been exchanging plenty of text messages with him and I hope and expect that the fans grant him a huge ovation because of everything he did for Manchester United,” said Evra ahead of the return leg.

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NEVILLE UNSURE ON MANCINI

The former Manchester United defender and current television pundit Gary Neville has said that he expects the Italian manager Roberto Mancini to get the sack if he does not win the title this season with Manchester city. Mancini guided the team to their first Premier league title last season, but has been struggling a lot in all competitions this season. City have not only crashed out of the Capital One cup and the Champions League, but they are also not in a position to win the Premier League title as well. They are currently six points behind United in the table after the 3-2 defeat against their arch rivals recently.

Due to the fact that they have only the FA cup and the Premier League to play for, Neville has said that he would expect the club to sack the manager if he does not win any trophy this season. There has been a lot of changes in the backroom staff over the last six months. This has in recent rumours that the club are looking to get the former Barcelona manager Guardiola. Neville believes that it will be the case if the club are unsuccessful this season, despite the fact that they have shown a lot of patience since taking over the club in 2008.

“Roberto Mancini deserves more time but it is not a ridiculous suggestion to think City would not consider making a change if he doesn’t win the league. Whilst Roberto Mancini continues to be successful he should stay in his job but it does feel like one day Mourinho or Guardiola will end up there. They have a new chief executive and a new director of football who presumably have the ear of the owner,” said Neville, who has been hugely praised for his punditry work.

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