At half time last night all I heard was the discontent from the surrounding supporters with regards to Danny Welbeck and how poorly he had performed during the first half and how he should be replaced during the interval by someone, anyone else would have been a vast improvement. In truth, the first half wasn’t [...]
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Youth
We wrote a few weeks ago about the talent that Paul Pogba has and since then he has being going from strength to strength in the Academy and looks destined to be a top player. Over the past month Pogba has scored some cracking goals which we wanted to share with you. Another player we [...]
Rafael and Fabio da Silva both made their debuts for Man United on the 4th of August 2008 in a friendly against Peterborough. Both were equally impressive to fans, neutrals and critics alike. Since then Rafael has gone onto establsih himself as United’s first choice right back while Fabio looks on earning the odd spot [...]
Tom Cleverley is a 21 year old from Yorkshire who has been at united since 2005 moving from the Bradford Youth Academy. He moved steadily through the ranks and within a few years, after having captained the reserves and helping them win the league and cup double, it was clear that he had outgrown reserve [...]
Ravel Morrison is a 17 year old local lad from Longsight in Manchester, the same area that Wes Brown and Danny Wellbeck hail from. He has been at United for a few years now and is known in some circles as the worst kept secret in Football! He became well known due to a couple [...]
Paul Pogba is a 17 year old from France of Guinean descent who has just started his second year with Manchester United after completing a much publicised move in October 2009. Pogba came from the French club Le Harve, after being chased by some of the top teams in Europe, who then accused United of [...]
Magnus Eikrem is a 20 year old from Norway who is now in his 5th season at Manchester United. Like Joshua King he was first spotted playing in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s soccer school. Magnus has moved up the ranks easily at United from Academy to Reserves and is now the Reserves captain. He has been [...]
Joshua King is an 18 year old forward from Norway off Gambian descent who was first spotted playing in Ole Gunnars’ Norweigan soccer school in 2007. He will be a full 3 years at United this January and has played for both the Academy and the Reserves. He has featured once for the first team [...]
Robbie Brady is an 18 year lad from Dublin who came to United via the well regarded Dublin Schoolboy team St Kevins Boys who is now in his third year with the club. The story goes that a host of Premier League clubs were after his signature and that Liverpool had treated him to a [...]
