Manchester United 2010/11

[Tats]

if any available come friday im getting 2 for mrs tats and my neice , cos im good like that

[goodison]

Glazers linked with ManYoo flotation and buy-out

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...uy-out?cc=4716

[stenelly]

Darren Fletcher will miss Manchester United's pre-season tour of the United States.

The Scotland captain was sidelined for nearly all United's Premier League title run-in after being struck down by a virus which triggered significant weight loss.

It was envisaged Fletcher would have fully recovered during the summer and he would be on Monday's flight across the Atlantic but when United confirmed their travelling party on Saturday, Fletcher was not in it.

Instead the 26-year-old will remain in Manchester, spared the accumulation of travelling time to spend the next three weeks trying to get himself right for the new campaign.

If all goes well, Fletcher could be involved in Paul Scholes' testimonial against New York Cosmos on August 5, or the Community Shield showdown against Manchester City two days later.

But Fletcher knows if he fails to play a significant amount over the course of those two games, the chances of him being involved in the Premier League season opener at West Brom will be slim.

A United spokeswoman said: "Darren will remain at Carrington to undergo an individualised conditioning programme given he missed a large proportion of last season. This will help him catch up fitness-wise to the levels of the rest of the team.

"We tried to accelerate things but we want to give him the best opportunity to be fully fit for the new season. We feel a reduction in the amount of time Darren spends travelling will help him achieve this."

Of his new signings, only England international Ashley Young will be on board, having taken the number 18 shirt vacated by newly-retired Paul Scholes.

David de Gea and Phil Jones, who will wear one and four respectively, have both been given an extended break and will join later in the tour along with Tom Cleverley, Danny Welbeck, Javier Hernandez and Chris Smalling, who signed a new five-year contract on Friday.

[Tats]

There ia some good news coming out of where ever united are . Micky Carrick admits hes feeling his age . Time for Nev ,Scholes and Van Der Sar to convince the useless twot to retire or at least sign for Celtic

[tjl]

.. A truly great all round performance against a Citea team that looks good on paper but falls at the last hurdle at the moment,Cleverley was an inspired Substitution that made difference in the end,Dea Gea didn't have a good game but went on to rectify is mistakes and pulled off one or two pure reaction saves that made up for his two goals howler the 2nd was a nightmare,but he will learn as long as Fergie doesn't loose his cool,Nanni was outstanding,Rooney still looks half the player he used too be but still a force to contend with,Smalling deserves a regular slot as does Jones,but Fergie will use them occasionally I feel, Young played a good game but is still finding his feet as a new comer but will soon get used to the way United play and will be a winner,Carrick should go( Ruddboy will disagree)but he was upstaged by Cleverley,Welbeck deserves a longer run out as is loan to Sunderland paid off he is looking good,it looks too be a good start to the season with a lot of promise...