Former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves says that it is wrong to blame only Louis Van Gaal for the troubles that the club has been facing the 2015-16 season.
This is because he believes that the seeds of mediocrity were sown as early as during the David Moyes era. The club reduced the spending in the transfer window during the final years of Sir Alex Ferguson. This mentality continued even when the team appointed Moyes. Ferguson’s brilliance was a major factor in United winning the league title in 2013, but they were woefully exposed under Moyes.
The club has been unable to recover since then. However, many are left surprised with United still struggling to come anywhere near contention for a trophy. This is due to the £ 300 million splashed out on new players by manager Van Gaal. Due to his reputation, the club did not think twice about spending money on new players like Di Maria. Hargreaves reckons that the investment should have come much earlier and the board should not have allowed the squad to disintegrate. The former City and United player claims that the club has lost direction in the last few years. Read more »
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April 7, 2016 7:10 am | 
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Patrice Evra’s senior playing career has seen him joining a total of 6 different clubs which includes : Marsala, Monza, Nice, As.Monaco, Manchester United and his current club Juventus.
It was with Manchester United where he managed to make a name for himself after helping the English club in lifting 5 Premier League titles and 1 Champions League as well as a few other major pieces of silverware.
During his time performing in England, Patrice Evra was consistenly named as one of the top performers as he was included in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year on numerous ocassions. Despite having experienced such an impressive campaign in Old Trafford, there was something which ocurred that has affected the player and it’s in relation to his exit from the Premier League club.
On May 23 of 2014, Patrice Evra was offered a one year contract extension and the French defender accepted the extension but he was released from the club sooner than initially expected.
The French defender hasnt revealed all the details concerning his exit from the club but Evra did say that it was something which he did not want to do and still continues to affect him. Read more »
PSG striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been banned for four matches after his comments appeared to insult French football.
The 33-year-old striker seemed to be extremely upset with the referee’s poor performance when Paris St Germain played against Bordeaux recently. He branded France as a country not worthy of playing top-level football by using derogatory terms. This cost a huge uproar in France and the disciplinary committee of the league has found the player guilty of trying to tarnish the reputation of the league. He has been given a four match ban, which will be a major blow to PSG’s hopes of retaining the league title.
The Swedish striker is one of the important players at the club. In his absence, Laurent Blanc will have to utilise Edinson Cavani as the striker but the Uruguayan has not scored the goals that have been required to keep PSG at the top of the table. Despite the season coming to a close with only a couple of weekends remaining, the French league is extremely close when it comes to the battle for the title. The top three teams are separated by only four points with PSG having recently taken control of the table with a narrow one-point advantage over Lyon. Read more »
Apart from one good season at Manchester United, Ashley Young has forever been criticised even by some of his own supporters.
The former Aston Villa midfielder was one of the strange signings made by Sir Alex Ferguson, as he was not the top quality player United should have been looking at. Instead, Young has managed to force himself into the first-team reckoning against all the odds. After United signed wingers like Angel di Maria, it was thought to be the death kneel forYoung at United. This has not been the case, as manager Louis Van Gaal has been able to find a unique solution to accommodate the England international in the team.
Young has been playing as one of the wing backs in the 3-5-2 formation, which would have been unthinkable a few years ago. The 29-year-old struggled to adapt with this change in position during the early part of the campaign. After repeated experience of playing in a position where a lot is demanded from a player in both defence and attack,Young is starting to excel. Luke Shaw was signed as the club’s new left back after the departure of Patrice Evra, but it seems thatYoung may do the job instead. The club’s legend Clayton Blackmore says that Young has been defending better than Evra. Read more »
