The United Devils

With the Europa League final done and dusted, we are only one match away from completely immersing ourselves into the summer transfer rumour mill. We all have a decent idea of what is going to happen but if the past is any indication then as usual there will be plenty of last minute moves that will surprise the footballing world.
The latest rumour is that Lukaku has agreed to take a pay cut in order to force a move to Inter. The big Belgian has spoken about his desire to move to Italy even before the season ended and now it seems like it might finally happen. After two polar opposite seasons for Lukaku, he has come under a lot of criticism for various reasons like missing sitters, his weight, and so on.
I'd still like to give him one more season to prove himself but if he wants out, I'll hold the door open for him. However, his exit adds the additional responsibility of replacing him with a top striker. Here is a list of the strikers that we could replace him with. This list …

The summer transfer window - time for change, time for preparation, time to reset and rebuild. This season, like every other, Manchester United need wholesale changes both on and off the pitch. After a horrid season, there needs to be an intense retrospection at the club. The issues need to be analysed and traced at every step.  The fans are fuming: they have every right to be. Some are adamant that the board needs to change, others believe it's down to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his team of Kieran McKenna, Michael Carrick, and Mick Phelan, whereas the others believe that the players are the ones at fault. No matter what your point of view is, we can all agree that the club needs changes on all fronts. Manchester United's problems are like a hose pipe with holes at a lot of places - closing one gap is not going to change anything. Since Sir Alex Ferguson has left, there have been plenty of gaps not only in the squad, but in the way the club has been running in general. Blame ne…

Manchester United have beaten Southampton at Old Trafford to go fourth in the table, a point above Arsenal and 3 points behind Spurs. To put that into perspective, we were 13 points off Spurs before Solskjaer took over and now under him, we are 12 games unbeaten in the Premier League bagging 10 wins and 2 draws. 
United made two changes to the side that beat Palace with Andreas Pereira coming in for Fred, who was poor and Marcus Rashford in for Diogo Dalot who swapped places on the bench. Southampton kept an unchanged lineup and set up with a back five to keep out the sharp United attacks. 
MANCHESTER UNITED: De Gea, Young (c), Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw, McTominay, Pereira, Pogba, Alexis, Rashford, Lukaku
SOUTHAMPTON: Gunn, Valery, Vestergaard, Yoshida, Bednarek, Bertrand (c), Romeu, Hojbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Redmond, Austin
Manchester United won the game 3-2 but we made hard work out of it. Sitting in 17th place, we probably took Southampton lightly and a wonderful strike from Valery saw …

Manchester United’s 2018/19 season has (thankfully) come to an end on Sunday evening, and those last two performances of the Red Devils’ campaign really summed up everything that has been wrong at the club over the last nine months.

United finished sixth in the Premier League and concluded the season by amassing one point (out of a possible six) against two sides that have already been relegated. A dire draw away to arguably one of the worst sides in EPL history in Huddersfield, followed by a 0-2 loss at home in the final game of the season against Cardiff, in what ended up being a wasted opportunity to leave the fans with the hope of a whole re-scaling at Manchester United in the summer transfer window. 
After coming second in the league last season, despite being lightyears behind champions Manchester City, United entered pre-season far from where they left off in the 2017/18 campaign. The constant negativity from former manager Jose Mourinho, and the apparent conflict between the …

Manchester United fans must be very glad that the season has finally come to an end. For me, this is the worst season I have had to bare in the short life span I have lived on earth as a Manchester United fan. I was alive during the days of Moyes but never in my life have I seen Manchester United players as satisfied with losing as they were this season.
This season has highlighted that the biggest part of the problem at United lies with the board and the players. Jose Mourinho wasn't backed by the board as they claimed the squad were good enough to challenge. From what we have seen, finishing second last season was a huge huge miracle for Manchester United.
Enter Director of Football We have endured the past seven years being controlled by a board whose executive director is an investment banker. From what has been seen, Ed Woodward's focus has been mainly getting sponsors and endorsement deals from companies. He has grossly neglected and mismanaged the footballing side. Due …

Well, well, well. This was an interesting game for the Three Lions. Jesse Lingard's strike just before the hour mark became the winning goal in Amsterdam as England sealed its first victory against the Netherlands since the 1996 Euros and the first away win against the Dutch since 1969. 
Gareth Southgate lined England up in a 3-5-2 formation with Jordan Pickford returning to the England lineup facing competition from Hart, Butland and uncapped Nick Pope. Making the back three was (from right to left) Kyle Walker, John Stones and Joe Gomez with the Liverpool defender barely lasting ten minutes as he was substituted for Harry Maguire after suffering a painful injury. Spurs defenders Kieran Trippier and Danny Rose played in the wing-back roles they are accustomed to in the North London and England squads alike. Jordan Henderson captained the team and was in a midfield three alongside fellow Liverpool player, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Manchester United star Jesse Lingard. The line w…

Manchester United’s U23 side gained more valuable experience on Friday night as they came up against French side Paris Saint-Germain in the Premier League International cup. The Red Devils came out comfortable winners, beating the French side 3-0 in what was a very cold and frosty night at the Leigh Sports Village.
This victory has meant Ricky Sbragia’s side have booked a place in the knockout stages of the Premier League International Cup and for the 1,019 fans that were there it increases the level of anticipation for what is to come when the two teams meet at competitive senior level for the first-time next month.
When the team sheets were made available on Friday night there was a notable surprise inclusion in the form of Scott McTominay, a player who had just signed a new long-term contract a couple of days beforehand. It would have been expected that he would be 200-miles away in London with the first team squad preparing for the FA Cup against Arsenal, but obviously first team …

After a disastrous exit from the Carabao Cup against Bristol City and drawing at Leicester last Saturday, only a win would do for a Boxing Day fixture against Burnley at Old Trafford. Manchester United made four changes to the side that drew 2-2 Leicester with Smalling, Lindelof, Martial and Lingard making way for Shaw, Rojo, Rashford and Ibrahimovic, with the Swede making his first Premier League start of the season. 
United got off to the worst possible start when Marcos Rojo brought down Jeff Hendrick just outside the penalty box and after deflecting off the Argentine defender and then Lukaku, Ashley Barnes hammered it in from close range and for the third successive game in the row, Manchester United were behind in the game. United responded in the best way possible and could have scored through Lukaku, Shaw and Ibrahimovic but it was Steven Defour who scored a rocket freekick past David de Gea and doubling the Claret's lead 35 minutes in. United kept pushing and could have h…

After what turned out to be a very poor season, the summer transfer window has finally begun. It is time to ship out the deadwood and bring in new players. This window is particularly important for Manchester United as it is one for rebuild under our new manager - Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. We need a minimum of five top signings to be anywhere near the best teams in the world. Solskjaer and especially Woodward will be scrutinised hard this summer because of everything that has happened over the season.

Considering that, while we were waiting on names like Sancho, Ndombele, Wan Bissaka etc to join, Manchester United have reportedly struck an agreement to sign Swansea's Welsh winger - Daniel James. With everyone wondering who exactly is he, let's take a look at what he can bring to our club.

Who is Daniel James?
Daniel James is a 21 year old, Welsh left winger. He currently plays for Swansea and had a great season with 5 goals and 10 assists. He featured in the game where Swansea too…

It is no secret that Manchester United have been crying out for a commanding centre back. It’s coming up to five years since the departures of Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand, and United still haven’t found sufficient replacements for either of the two. Of course, it’s not easy to replace arguably one of the greatest centre back partnerships in Premier League history, but it should not take this long. Not at a club of Manchester United’s stature. But perhaps this summer, finally, this will change.
19-year-old Matthijs De Ligt has been on the radars of European footballing giants for a few years now, but this season, the Dutch international has cemented himself as one of the world’s finest defenders, warranting an imminent big-money move. 
De Ligt was part of the 2017 Europa League final when United faced Ajax. Back then, he was a promising 17-year-old that was already anchoring Ajax’s defence alongside Davinson Sanchez. Today, two years later, when you look at De Ligt, it seems like it’…