“Lee Sharpe was the best player in the country, as a youngster, but you couldn’t hold Ryan Giggs back much longer”.
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“He comes in with an incredible reputation”.
Jose Mourinho signed Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Eric Bailly and Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the last transfer window, but there are rumours that their might be a few more new faces come January.
City sit above United on goal difference at the top of the standings after both sides won their first three league games.
Manchester United and Manchester City spent in excess of £150m this summer as Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola shape their sides for an assault on the Premier League title.
Some reshuffling of the City team will be necessary, with star striker Sergio Aguero beginning a three-match ban after being found guilty of violent conduct for elbowing West Ham’s Winston Reid. John Stones or Eric Bailly?
“It should be a special game and we can sense the expectation all around the city from our supporters”.
Not to be outdone, City have also strengthened their squad, even though none of their signings are as headline-grabbing as those of United. Both have won domestic and regional trophies in every club they have worked at.
But Mourinho has had it refurbished to make it just like it was under Sir Alex Ferguson.
This is the X-factor that defines must-watch football on TV: Both clubs harbouring a deep dislike for each other.
The most famous of score lines in Blues history was a match which announced the arrival of Manchester City as an English powerhouse.
Many believe Mourinho was the real reason Guardiola suddenly quit Barcelona for a sabbatical in 2012, exhausted by the strain of seeing Real Madrid win the title under the Portuguese. “He was very lucky he had the players at Barcelona but he was clever in what he did”. He would be pumped up to score against City to taunt his former boss.
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11 – Manchester derby goals scored by United’s Wayne Rooney, a record in the fixture.
