Even Ronaldo makes mistakes… this t-shirt for example.
For those of you that didn’t fancy wasting £15 on a football bloopers DVD (or VHS if you’re old school) last Christmas, never fear, the Transfer Tavern’s got your back. Rather than listening to Ian Wright make a lot of bad jokes at the expense of players playing in the Vauxhall Conference, here’s a selection of the Premier League’s ‘big four’ getting it all …
Although the answer may simply be ‘pi**ed off the whole of Old Trafford’. It’s always wise to look around for all possible reasons.
There is a big difference between Manchester United fans and the current owners, the Glazer’s. While the fans would love nothing more than to see success on the field, it seems the owner’s primary aim is to yield a profit….for themselves!
The fact is that United are, financially, in a position that scares many …
When Manchester United signed Gabriel Obertan, it was on the back of waving goodbye to Cristiano Ronaldo. He did not come with much expectation because he was largely unheard of; therefore statements such as “the new Ronaldo” did not come in to play.
The Frenchman, who can play as a striker if required, is primarily a winger as he demonstrates with great potential due to his searing speed. He is clearly a …
With all the recent fuss and controversy surrounding England’s top official Howard Webb, and his inability to spot Cesc Fabregas’ handball at the Emirates last week that cost Liverpool the game, there is another figure that Liverpool fans loathe, that Webb is trying to emulate. Rob Styles, the controversial referee that screwed Liverpool back in 2007 and suffered so much abuse by Premiership players and fans that he had to call …
The future of Nemanja Vidic has been of much debate over the past year and toady the Mirror reports that the Serbian will definitely leave Old Trafford this summer. The only issue they see remaining is whether he goes to La Liga or Serie A.
The imposing centre half has been tempted by the financial and lifestyle benefits of a move to a major Spanish or Italian club. The transfer …
With the World Cup this summer, players have the chance to showcast their talent at the biggest footballing stage. Signings will take place, here are four players who will be involved in the forthcoming transfer sagas
Fernando Torres – As Liverpool’s problems within the boardroom escalate it seemed to have an effect on the player’s performances. Liverpool have been underperforming after last years great finish for 2nd place, they are now fighting …
With former Kop Idol Michael Owen making the treacherous journey across the Pennines to Manchester United, human Boglin Carlos Tevez making an even shorter trip across the road to Manchester City and big Sol Campbell finally walking back into the Arsenal dressing room 4 years after he’d walked out of it at half time (though to be fair to him, they did moved stadiums in the mean time so he may …
There was always going to be some degree of risk in spending almost 200 million euros on new players but this was a risk Real Madrid were willing to take last summer. The club, functioning under Galactico-loving Florentino Perez once again, decided that the best way to dislodge Barcelona from their dominant position was to buy every top class player they could lay their hands on – regardless of the price. …
Manchester United had won the Premiership in 2006-07 but there were fears that they would not be able to strengthen as their rivals did due to financial constraints brought on by Malcolm Glazer’s takeover. This proved to be far from the case though as United splashed out over £30 million on the duo of Anderson and Nani with £17 million going on the latter. The Portuguese international was meant to be one of the world’s top talents with a pendant for cracking goals and great skills and United fans were left drooling by the prospects of both him and Anderson.
Nani had made a name for himself at Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon who he had joined as a teenager. Breaking through the ranks, Nani had spent two years playing for the first team for Sporting – racing down the wing past players and cutting inside to fire home shots – where his reputation had flown very quickly. Likened to United’s former Sporting Lisbon star Cristiano Ronaldo, due to them both being trick ponies who’d been effective in Portugal, United moved quickly to use their links with Sporting to bring the Portuguese to Old Trafford where expectations were high for another Ronaldo. Portuguese legend Paulo Sousa declared
“He’s very explosive and very strong. He’s fast and is going to be a great signing for United.”
Nani’s first season at Old Trafford was largely effective as he played often and showed a good ability to beat his man and charge down the wing, scoring a few goals and looking highly talented in the process. The highlight of the season for Nani was a man of the match performance against Arsenal in the FA Cup which United won 4 – 0 where Arsenal players had to revert to attacking him to get him off the ball. His second season at United was where it started to go wrong though; he was used sparingly by manager Alex Ferguson and showed inconsistency when he played, wasting many opportunities which led to United supporters becoming very frustrated with him. Nani’s inconsistency and wastefulness led to some United fans declaring that Nani would never be like Ronaldo and should be sold from the team.
The 2009/10 season was meant to be the making of Nani as the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo and the ageing legs of Ryan Giggs gave the Portuguese the chance to start the season as United’s first choice left winger. Although he scored in the Community Shield season opener against Chelsea Nani continued to flatter to deceive and, after a few lacklustre performances, was removed from the first team in favour of Giggs who has kept the first choice left wing spot with stellar performances since.
Whilst Nani is still just 23 many are questioning whether his potential can be fulfilled with it looking more likely that he’s destined to be nothing more than an inconsistent waster. Many United fans think he should be sold as it is, and Nani made his departure even more likely by criticising boss Ferguson for his style of management. United have recently been linked with a move for Benfica’s Angel Di Maria with Nani included as part of the deal, given how his stock has fallen United will probably jump at the deal.
Fresh rumours have surfaced linking Manchester United’s Serbian centre back Nemanja Vidic with a move to Real Madrid. With Pepe being ruled out for the long term with a torn cruciate ligament Real will look to bolster their defence by raiding Old Trafford yet again.
The Times are mentioning a fee of £30 million for the defender but Sir Alex will be reluctant to break up the Ferdinand/Vidic partnership. However, Vidic’s contract …
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