Tag Archives: Manchester United

United May Squeeze Nike After Record GM Deal

  Manchester United convinced General Motors Co. (GM) to pay a record $559 million to have its Chevrolet brand on the team’s red jersey. Now, the 19-time English soccer champion is ready to play hard ball with Nike Inc. (NKE), its maker. United, which this week announced its first results since August’s initial public offering, […]

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Instant Impact

The 2012-13 Premier League season has picked up from the exciting and frenetic finish of last season and we at TKTG are not alone in thinking that the new signings of the transfer window seem to be at the heart of this blistering start. There is no doubt that fresh entrants, such as Eden Hazard, […]

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Wenger on RvP

Arsene Wenger writes for EUROSPORT and conveys his feelings about RvP. ” Robin van Persie is the kind of player you rarely meet in your life: an exception, the very definition of the word.” ” It hurts to see him wear another shirt when he is at top level.” “He’s not difficult to manage because […]

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Analysis- Scholes and Evra vs Powell and Buttner

Powell can fill Scholes’ boots Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has reiterated his belief that summer-signing Nick Powell has the quailty to replace Old Trafford veteran Paul Scholes.  Powell, a £4 million signing from Crewe, netted 11 minutes into his United debut when he completed the scoring in Saturday’s 4-0 win over Wigan. And […]

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Old master Paul Scholes inspires Man Utd

Milestones seem a weekly occurrence at Old Trafford but some carry an added significance. Some are not simply a statistical reason for being sentimental. Because, as Rio Ferdinand represented Manchester United for a 400th time, on Sir Alex Ferguson’s 500th home league game, as Ryan Giggs headed into uncharted territory by becoming the first man […]

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Best of Enemies

” We are barely a month into the new Premier League season and already we have our first player bust-up. Just two months after Chelsea’s John Terry was cleared of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand, the QPR defender is expected to snub Ashley Cole’s handshake in the west London derby this weekend, after the full-back had […]

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Fantasy Football – Week 4

As we look forward to the next round of fixtures, after the international break, TKTG brings you upto speed with our Fantasy Football picks for the week. Remember to join our league using the code: 101892-53185. Norwich City v West Ham United The Hammers will be without new loan signing Andy Carroll, but expect Kevin […]

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Analysis – Corners

The Differentgame – takes a look at “How can a professional footballer not even beat the first man from a corner?” Over the season United swung in 137 near post corners, 51 far post corners and quite surprisingly (to non-United fans like me at least) took 92 short corners. Unless professional footballers are even more […]

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Is Cleverley the answer?

With Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs edging closer towards retirement and players like Anderson not living up to their potential, Sir Alex has put his faith in the young midfield player to grow into the position by gaining first team experience amongst the more experienced players. England Manager Roy Hodgson has also been impressed with […]

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Rooney on…Ronaldo: The truth behind THAT wink and my red card

The Manchester United star reveals all in this exclusive extract from his new book. The papers decide we’re not going to work together because of an incident that happened during the 2006 World Cup.  In England’s quarter-final against Portugal – I got tangled up with their defender, Ricardo Carvalho, and accidentally stuck a boot on […]

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