“Morgan has been at Southampton for a number of years and has been a very good player in the Premier League”, Carrick said, according to the Daily Mail. I’m looking forward to it a lot, I really like the night games, I think also at Old Trafford it will be a special atmosphere there. “I’m getting better and I hope I will be 100 per cent fit in the next week”. “It is up to this team now to make its mark, achieve things and be successful again”.
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“Schweinsteiger is such a crucial player, as can be seen from the World Cup final against Argentina last year”, said Matthaus, who was the inaugural FIFA World Footballer of the Year in 1991 and the only German to have got the recognition to date.
United missed out on the Champions League last season following David Moyes’ ill-fated campaign and have not played in the competition since the 1-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk in December 2013.
United have already conducted one high-profile Bayern Munich raid this summer, with the capture of midfield general Bastian Schweinsteiger earlier in the transfer window.
Although Carrick says the new players have “all done really well”, he especially effusive in his praise for Schweinsteiger, despite potentially having to compete with the 31-year-old for a starting berth.
He wrote in his personal blog: “For now we have had a good start, which is always important”.
Schweinsteiger was also quick to play down recent suggestions from Bayern coach Pep Guardiola that he had struggled with injuries during the last three years at the Bundesliga champions.
German magazine Kicker reported on Friday that the Bayern striker was on Louis van Gaal’s wanted list at a cost of around £50million. I had a small problem with my knee and one operation on my ankle three years ago.
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“He is a World Cup-winning captain – what more can you ask for?”
