I love United
Cristiano Ronaldo still watches every Manchester United game on TV and has backed Nani to fill the void left by his Old Trafford exit. Ronaldo revealed his affection for United, despite leaving for a world record £80milion fee in the summer after six years at Old Trafford. "Every time I can I try to watch United's games on television," said Ronaldo. "I still like to know what's happening at Old Trafford. And despite now being at Real, I'm always happy when I know United have won. I've also seen that Nani is playing much more than he was last season. That's good for him and he will benefit from that. Now he has more opportunities to play, he will be able to show the fans just how a great player he is."
David McDonnell, The Mirror

Shaun Custis of The Sun continues to focus on the Manchester derby, reporting on Steve Bruce’s comments that referee’s fear of the infamous ‘Fergie hairdryer’ is a factor in the amount of injury time they add on.

United starlet Danny Welbeck has lavished praise on Michael Owen. "You always learn from his movement, it's unbelievable. I knew he was round the corner and I knew where he was going next,” Welbeck said.

The Telegraph say Owen is still out in the cold for England, despite the striker’s recent impressive form. Jason Burt writes that “despite impressing in his past two performances for United – and scoring the winner on Sunday – Owen still has some way to go to force himself into the reckoning."

Sir Alex Ferguson a confirmat ca in meciul de maine, impotriva celor de la Stoke, portarul Diavolilor Rosii va fi Ben Foster.

Multi au crezut ca Tomasz Kuszczak va apara poarta lui Manchester United dupa ce a aparat un clean sheet in meciul din ultima runda in Carling Cup impotriva lui Wolverhampton. In ciuda gafelor facute de Foster in derby-ul orasului Manchester, Sir Alex a fost destul de prompt in a confirma increderea lui in abilitatea lui Ben Foster:

"It was a good opportunity for Tomasz to play on Wednesday but Ben will play tomorrow. Ben has not had a lot of game experience but he will be OK."


Intre timp, Ferguson a zis ca nu se asteapta ca Edwin van der Sar sa se intoarca in poarta lui Manchester United mai devreme de 3 saptamani:

"We still feel he is three weeks away"