Manchester United

Not sure if this one has been posted but it is Strootman vs Italy u21.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1dGEROjFFxw

wow AVB.any idea why he turned PSG down??i mean,obviously PSG can provide more cash and more talented team to work with

Capello as a stopgap until Wenger fills the role in 2014 when his contract expires at Arsenal. So says football Italia. Kind of puts a dent in the stability at Russia.

http://www.football-italia.net/35487/capello-psg-ancelotti-madrid

imo he probably wants to continue what he's built at spurs. besides he'd either be working with bale or working with a huge transfer kitty from bale's sale.

also i don't think he wants to leave a flop legacy in the premier league. no CL for spurs and sacked from chelsea mid-season. i think he wants to taste some success before leaving to a bigger club.

^ also the prospect of facing his former teacher(Mourinho) to make a mark is a +

Loving the look of that!

^You really want Man City on day 1 and Arsenal in week 2? :P

Yeah will be quality football to look forward too after this awful break.

Best be fake I wanna be able to watch the big games, will miss out on 2 on the first day, catching the highlights on Match of the day ain't enough sometimes

theres a programme on MUTV tomorrow morning at 9am with quinton fortune and henning berg revealing and discussing the 2013/14 fixtures.

^man I wish MUTV was available in my area.

just watching it now...ji sung park all the goals.
i never noticed the amount of goals he scored against arsenal, he was their nemesis....lol

Yeah , Ji scored a ton of goals against Arsenal and most of them were important ones.

if there are any deals in the middle of negotation, i think they'd want to finalize them before pre-season when the boss and the first team will be traveling all over asia. for that reason, i think the next 3 or so weeks will be very busy for us and for most teams.

well moyes does not take over until july 1st, so any new signings before then wont be construed as his.
maybe they are waiting until july 1st before making signings.
that does not mean they have not already players lined up and earmarked.

"The biggest problem faced by Kagawa since his move to United, though, has been a positional one. With Ferguson tending to prefer to field two central strikers last term plus at least one traditional, chalk-on-the-boots winger, the new man was generally handed a role out wide, often tasked with his playmaking duties from a nominal left-sided position...

...And therein lies the problem: with an advanced central creator often not employed at Old Trafford last season, Kagawa had to muck in from positions both unfamiliar to him and poorly tailored to his biggest strengths.

Possessing neither the raw pace nor one-on-one dribbling ability to flourish on the flanks, Kagawa’s finest qualities are his softness of touch, his quick-paced, incisive passing, and his capacity to sneak into goal-scoring positions unattended – as he showed via a deft hattrick when Norwich came to town in March. Many die hard Red Devils would likely see the comparison as sacrilege, but Kagawa’s silk-booted creativity brings to mind the bygone years of a certain recently-retired midfield conductor. Indeed, with Paul Scholes still at the club in a coaching role, he should have plenty of advice to offer the 24-year-old on the training pitch."

spot on. good article.

I really hope we employ tactics based on our players next season and not just on philosophies or stardom.
Cuz a team should be build around it's players not the other way around.

this is hilarious :)))

True that!

italy played really well though, imo. they had decent chances too, but coulnt put enough of them on target.

i do agree, the better team lost in the semi-final. would have been nice to see holland play spain again but they had their chance and blew it the first time around by benching their starters!

Lack of brave hearts is the probs.

Thats the problem...when other clubs get interested.

City had to get involved.....I don't know why he would go there, City just bought Fernandinho and they have Toure, Barry, Milner and Rodwell. It doesn't make any sense.

it would have been better if he hadn't scored this hattrick untill he signed for us.

Nope, Thiago sucked, De Gea too. Sell De Gea to Barça, don't waste money on Thiago ;)

Hattrick by Tiago, not much to do for DdG (made some decent saves but conceded two, could have done maybe better on the second). Spain too good, deservedly won 4-2.

Jeroen it's too late, lmao, just give him up to us.

De Gea only had a couple of saves to make and Thiago was brilliant.
This has to be his best game of the tournament.

jeroen we will give you best our best player nani for thiago!!

Watch out for those Barca buyback clauses. You might only get a taste of Thiago then, yoink.

I would give Rooney for Thiago.

Yeah, I agree Rylan.

There would be no buyback clauses if we get him. We didn't get him 2 years ago when Barca were offering him with buy back clause.

This time however their hands are tied with the release clause so they can't do anything but sell him if trigger the release clause and if Thiago wants to move as well.

@Chelsea61: If we activate his buyout clause (€18m), Barca won't be able to add a buyback clause.