And finally, despite John Stones departing for Manchester City in a straight cash deal, Gazetta dello Sport claim Everton still want to sign striker Wilfried Bony. “It raises the status of the league even more and it is fun for me personally to play against him”, he said.
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This takes the tally of United players to have been let go to varying degrees over the summer to 11, all but one of whom are tyros, Victor Valdes.
A source close to the Portuguese coach told the Daily Record “that other players were better at this moment [as Januzaj] is a bit relaxed” during his performances in pre-season training.
Making John Stones the world’s second most-expensive defender ever at $62 million took City’s spending to $200 million, building on an already-strong squad that underperformed in the Premier League last season but reached the Champions League semifinals.
“I think he played very well”.
“He wanted to know about the atmosphere in England, whether the club would suit him, and also about life in Manchester”. Arsenal in particular has finished above Mourinho’s “new home” for the past four years, so if Arsenal are not a “big club” then where does that leave his new baby?
Ibrahimovic is an important signing for Manchester United.
“I think in that aspect he is a victor and he might help the team in the future”.
Our league has struggled to entice Grade-A players and has struggled to keep hold of them because Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Barcelona have taken majority off us – so for Manchester United to get Paul Pogba is not only a big moment for United, but for the Premier League.
Confidence, belief and hope has returned for the players and the fans.
Spurs fans have been getting too big in their boots, following their wonder season previous year, in which they only managed to finish in third, and Champions League football will no doubt hinder their chances of another surprise place in the CL qualifying spots.
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Still though, through all the hatred towards United back before their train wreck managerial carousel, there was always respect because of how Sir Alex Ferguson ran his team.
