Jamie Jackson Chris Smalling’s hopes of playing for England at Euro 2012 have been dashed by a serious groin injury. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images Chris Smalling will miss England‘s Euro 2012 campaign in Ukraine and Poland next month due to a torn groin muscle picked up in Manchester United‘s win at Swansea City last...
“We are in a better position than Manchester City. We can get two results, they can only get one. They have to win. We can draw or we can win, which is what we will be trying to do.” Ferguson reports no fresh injury concerns ahead of the match, which has been billed as...
“I think now he is better,” he said. “I think we did well this season also without Carlos for four, five months.” Mancini was asked what City might have achieved had Tevez been available all season. The Argentinian missed a large chunk of the campaign following the row which erupted in City’s Champions League...
“If you talk about desperation, they played a player the other night (Tevez) who refused to go on the pitch, the manager said he’d never play again and he takes a five-month holiday in Argentina. What is that? Could that come under the description of desperation?” Which move shows more ‘weakness’? Ferguson’s comments serve...
The 29-year-old Poland international has made 61 appearances for the Red Devils since arriving in summer 2006 but has not featured for the first team this season, with David De Gea and Anders Lindegaard the first two choices between the posts for manager Sir Alex Ferguson following Edwin van der Sar’s retirement. Kuszczak started...
Hart joined Manchester City in 2006 from League Two Shrewsbury Town after United passed up the opportunity to secure his services. Hart has gone on to become England’s No 1. “I could have bought Joe Hart for £100,000 so we all make mistakes,” Ferguson said. “If you look at the England goalkeeper situation for...
In the Europa League, meanwhile, all three English clubs were drawn against former winners of the competition, with Manchester City handed arguably the toughest tie against defending champions Porto. Manchester United face 1992 Uefa Cup winners and four-time European champions Ajax. The Dutch side have an exciting young team, with Danish international Christian Eriksen...
Sir Alex Ferguson cannot hide his dejection as Manchester United lose to Basel and drop down to the Europa League. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA “People,” Sir Alex Ferguson wrote in his Manchester United programme notes at the weekend, “are starting to talk about the Europa League as a second class competition.” Wonder who that could...
