Ben Collett joined United’s youth system when he was just 9-years-old and developed in to a player with the potential of becoming a first teamer at the club.
He was given the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award in 2003, a prize that Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil Neville and Wes Brown have all [...]

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It was the battle of Fergie vs Fergie, with Senior edging it with a 2-0 win. The opener was an own goal, but Darron Gibson scored a blinder a minute after coming on the field.
The midfielder has had an unimpressive pre-season so far, but he will have certainly caught the boss’ attention with this!

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Danny Simpson will be joining Blackburn Rovers on a season-long loan, following previous stints at Sunderland, Ipswich and Royal Antwerp.
Just as Tom Heaton and Febian Brandy have secured temporary moves away, to Cardiff and Swansea respectively, Simpson will be starting 2008-2009 with Paul Ince’s men down the road.
Whilst loan time away usually provides players with [...]

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was given a fond farewell from the Old Trafford crowd yesterday, as United beat Espanyol 1-0 in Ole’s testimonial. With some lovely link up play, as well as a blinding shot from the edge of the box, which required a brilliant save in front of the Stretford End to keep it out, [...]

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Midfielders Rodrigo Possebon and Tom Cleverley, as well as defender Craig Cathcart, were flown out last week to South Africa to join the first team in their pre-season.
With an hour played last Saturday, Cleverley was on the scoresheet in United’s 4-0 win over the Kaizer Chiefs, after putting away the ball from a Danny Simpson [...]

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Frazier Campbell has an impressive scoring record for all the teams he’s played in, whether that’s our Under-18s, Royal Antwerp or Hull. He has bag-loads of pace and a natural eye to goal.
It was his goalscoring ability which helped elevate Hull City to the top flight for the first time in the club’s history, netting [...]

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Rodrigo Possebon was flown out to join the United team last week to take part in the pre-season preparations. The 19-year-old Brazilian has got tongues wagging around Old Trafford, all speaking highly of the young talent.
“Rodrigo is a tall, elegant midfielder who fits into the idea of a modern footballer,” said Brian McClair. “He has [...]

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United beat Orlando Pirates this evening, with a Lee Martin goal giving us the needed 1-0 victory. This pre-season can be regarded as somewhat of a ‘last chance saloon’ for some of our players, who are creeping in to their 20’s, have spent some time away on loan, and are looking to break in to [...]

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Manchester United have always put a great deal of emphasis on producing talent from the youth team. Whilst more recently, we’ve seen far more profit on these players than we’ve seen talent emerging in to the first team, there is a current crop of younger lads who we have high hopes for.
“They’re all really good [...]

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At the start of the season, many United fans were concerned over our lack of firing power in the squad. Both Rossi and Alan Smith had been sold on and we’d still yet to buy a replacement for the goal machine, Ruud van Nistelrooy. We’d all seen enough of Dong to realize he wasn’t going [...]

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