Zlatan Ibrahimovic is confident he will win his first piece of silverware with Manchester United in the Community Shield on Sunday.
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Jamie Vardy, Leicester’s top scorer last season with 24 league goals, has recovered from a wrist operation, but is still expected to wear his trademark protective cast.
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) will broadcast the upcoming FA Community Shield match to be played between Leicester City and Manchester United on 7 August at 8.30 pm on Sony ESPN and Sony ESPN HD channels. “But now I am hungry. Not for me? I want to speak with my owner”.
“I have spoken with the players and I have told them that I know them very well and I want more from them”, Ranieri said.
“I forgot what happened last season”, Ranieri said.
“I didn’t come here to lose time”, the former AC Milan striker continued. Claudio Ranieri will undoubtedly be relishing leading his heroes out at Wembley for this one.
We have Leicester before the Premier League and it is not a training session – it is a game.
Their superb performances last term led to an invitation to the illustrious International Champions Cup, with organisers of the tournament keen to see the Foxes pit their wits against the best Europe has to offer before they make their Champions League bow in September. “That is normal. We are the champions but we are still the underdogs”. It’s time for United supporters to see their new squad and Mourinho play in their first competitive match of the new soccer season.
“Suffer for your team-mates, help your-team – that is my philosophy”, he said. “Last season we made something which is hard to repeat but I want the maximum”.
With the departure of one of their last season’s key players, N’Golo Kante, to Chelsea, Ranieri has a huge task of filling gap in their midfield and, fortunately, the addition of Nampalys Mendy from Nice along with Andy King, Gökhan Inler or Matty James gives the Italian a few options to play with.
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United won the FA Cup in May, beating Crystal Palace 2-1 in the final for their 12th title to share the all-time record with Arsenal. Twelve extraordinary months later they will walk into the Charity Shield with the swagger of Champions. I never gave up, I always believed in myself and I think that if one man really wants to achieve, then a man can achieve. “So we need to train, we need to play, we need minutes for the players”.
