REDLYUNITED: November 2015

Monday, 30 November 2015

Midfielder steps up his return: Included in U-21 side

Maroune Fellaini maybe back in time for the weekend clash with West Ham, as he has been selected in the U-21 side to face Liverpool. The midfielder has been injured and was expected to be back after the international break, but was still out after the break. He is in the squad to face Liverpool's U-21 tonight. Another midfielder who has long been injured but is in the squad as part of his recovery...

The January transfer is just days away and rumours of players movements have been circulating on various media platforms. It remains to be see if Manchester United will welcome new players to Old Trafford, but with Van Gaal saying he needs to add speed and creativity to the wings, and the team's current struggles in scoring goals, it may not come as a surprise if the Dutchman brings in one or two...

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While it is a known secret that Victor Valdes have been finding life difficult at Manchester, the grief seems to have risen to another level. The former Barcelona goalie, joined United with the hope of being a stable back up to fellow Spaniard De Gea, but has recently find himself completely frozen out of United. The shot stopper has fallen out with Van Gaal, and a move out of Old Trafford looks imminent. The...

United need one or two match winners to win the league says legend.

Former Manchester United defender Garry Neville believes that United need to sign one or two 'match winners' before the team can look like real title contenders. The former right back says United is building a solid structure, but the team needs a player in the mould of Gareth Bale or C. Ronaldo. “If you put two more players into Manchester United’s team, say a Gareth Bale or a Cristiano Ronaldo...

Manchester United missed the chance to go top of the Premier League as the team had to come back to snatch a point, after a Jamie Vardy record setting goal. With both goals coming in the first half, United failed to spark up during the second half. On a day when almost nothing worked in favour of Van Gaal's boys, Redlyunited looks at two talking points of the game. 1. The philosophy needs a...

Leicester 1 - 1 Manchester United: Player ratings

Manchester United had to come back from a record breaking Vardy's goal to earn a point at the King's Power stadium. On a day when only few of Van Gaal's men turned up. Redlyunited rates the performance of the boys in red. De Gea:6.5 The one thing the United keeper will not want to happen, happened. Vardy putting the ball in the back of the net. Could have done better with the Vardy goal by delaying...

STARTING XI De Gea McNair, Smalling, Blind Darmian, Carrick, Schweinsteiger, Young Mata Rooney, MartialSubs: Romero, Borthwick-Jackson, Fellaini, Memphis, Pereira, Schneiderlin, Rashford ...

Manchester United have lost just one of their last 14 games in all competitions. Manchester United have kept 6 clean sheets in their last 7 games. Manchester United have kept 8 clean sheets in their last 11 games against Leicester City. Jamie Vardy will be hoping to break Ruud van Nistelrooy's record by netting for an 11th consecutive Premier League match. Leicester are 1 of just 3 Premier League...

Manchester United will travel to surprise team of the season and table toppers Leicester City. A victory will take United top of the table, while a draw or defeat may drop United off the second position. On a week when Van Gaal's boys failed to turn up against PSV in the Champions League, fans will be hoping for a compensation performance at Leicester. This week, redlyunited will be hard and frank. David...

Leicester boss backs Martial to Improve

Van Gaal's opposite number in the next Premier League game Claudio Ranieri says Martial is strong and intelligent, and believes he will improve. Martial was United's star at the start of the season with five goals and three assists in nine matches, this made him a crowd favorite at the theatre of dreams. However the striker has struggled for goals in recent matches and have come under intense...

Ghanaian midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has revealed that he is a Manchester United fan and will be willing to move to England and Manchester to be precise. The 24 year old Udinese midfielder moved to Italy in 2010 and has established himself as a key member of the team. He was recently linked with a move to Italian Champions Juventus. But he has opened up on wanting a move to England...

Manchester United 0 - 0 PSV: Five things we learnt

Manchester United have it all to do, after the team's boring draw which means the team must win at Wolfsburg to stand a perfect chance of qualifying for the next round of the Champions League. On a night of few positives at Old Trafford, Redlyunited bring out five talking points form the game: 1. Schneiderlin's new dimension: The midfielder added visibility the long and diagonal to his game....

Manchester United staged a below par performance on a night when a win would gave guarantee the team's qualification into the last 16 of Europe elite club competition. The team lacked the cutting edge, accuracy and luck on the night. Here are extract form the post match reactions from coach Van Gaal, and some players. The Dutchman still believes United can qualify. "Anything's possible. We can win...

Manchester United 0 -0 PSV : Player ratings

Manchester United may have to qualify the hard way after the team was held to a goalless draw at Old Trafford. The result dropped United to second in the group, and the team must win at Wolfsburg to guarantee a place in the last 16. On a night the boys in red failed to live up to expectation, redlyunited rate the players De Gea: 6.5 (Redlyunited man of the match) The Spanish keeper was at his goal...

United vs PSV: De Gea; Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Rojo; Schweinsteiger, Schneiderlin; Lingard, Rooney, Memphis; Martial. Subs: Romero, McNair, Young, Fellaini, Mata, Pereira, Wilson. ...

Attacking duo back in training ahead of PSV tie

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney and fellow striker Anthony Martial have both trained with the team as Old Trafford prepares to host Dutch champions PSV in the Champions League. The duo missed the 2-1 win over Watford last weekend, and will be hoping to get into the team. Surprise absentee at the training today was German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger. The player maker scored the winning...

Wayne Rooney may soon receive a mouth watering offer from any club in China. Backed by recent massive financial investment, the Chinese Super League wants Wayne Rooney to improve the look of football in the Asian country and want to make him the face of Chinese football. Chinese football has recently attracted some big names in the game, like former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson...

Quite a number of Manchester United fans would have forgotten the name and man Nick Powell. The midfielder hasn't play for United since February, due to injuries and a lot feared that his bright footballing career might be over. But the 21 year old played on Monday night for the U-21 team as they lost their first match of the season 2-0 at Norwich. Warren Joyce, the U-21 team coach recently said...

Manchester United will be hoping to strength their chances of making the next round of the Champions League with an avenging victory over a PSV side that defeated them some weeks ago back in Holland. The starting eleven for United still remains highly unpredictable due to injuries to various players. But United will be hoping to have the duo of Martial and captain Wayne Rooney back in the team. De...

Impressive youngster to be offered new deal

Manchester United's revelation of the season Jesse Lingard and his agent are in discussions with the club over a new deal. The new deal will see the player earn twice what he currently earns. Lingard has had an impressive season so far, providing an important assist for Wayne Rooney in the Champions league against CSKA Moscow and followed it up by scoring the opening goal in the Premier League game...

Van Gaal considering signing another left back come January

Manchester united boss may sign a left back in January. Injury to first choice left back Luke Shaw is making Van Gaal considering making a move. Shaw is expected to be out for a major part of the season after undergoing an operation for a broken leg in United's Champions League defeat at PSV. His injury have left United with Argentine Marcos Rojo and Dalley Blind as United's choice for the...

Manchester United gaffer Louis Van Gaal says he wants to bring back the Old Trafford legend, even though it may be difficult. Ronaldo left United in 2009, for a then record fee of 80m, but reports of a move away from Madrid have intensified over the last few weeks. With reports linking the Portuguese star with a move to either PSG or United. The Portuguese has though constantly said he is happy at...

The injury crises rocking United may not be far from over. Ander Herrera and Phil Jones were injury casualties in the 1-2 victory over Watford. Though both players may not be out for too long. Van Gaal said on both payers "My first impression is that they are not too heavy but the problem is that we have to play Wednesday already. Jones had a twisted ankle and Herrera a hamstring injury. Both...

Watford 1 - 2 Manchester United: post match players and manager reactions: I'm a happy coach, says Van Gaal plus more....

Manchester United produced a late winner at Watford to go top of the table, at least before Arsenal and Manchester City play their games. It was an all round collective Victory as Depay's opener in the 11th minute was cancelled out by a late penalty in the 86th minute, after Rojo fouled ighalo in the box, but United had smiled last when Deeney deflected Bastian's cross into his own net in added time...

Manchester United leaped to the top of the table in the most dramatic fashion. With two goals in the last seven minutes of the game. A goal to each side in the dying minutes of the game was the main story of the game. Manchester United had been hampered by injuries, to about six main players in the squad, there was no doubt that the line up was going to be a little strange, and shaky. United started...

Manchester United XI vs Watford: De Gea, Young, Smalling, Jones, Blind, Schweinsteiger, Schneiderlin, Mata, Herrera, Lingard, Memphis. subs: Romero, Rojo, McNair, Darmian, Goss, Pereira, Rashford. ...

Van Gaal has revealed that he doesn't believes that the expectations on Depay of putting on the jersey number 7 is affecting him. Depay was a PSV most influential forward last season, helping the Dutch team to the Eredivisie title as he ended the season as the league's top scorer. Expectations were high when the flying winger moved to Old Trafford in a deal worth £25m. On his arrival,...

Manchester United will be travelling to Watford in the Premier League without a senior striker. Skipper Rooney is out with illness while Martial and 'emergency forward' Maroune Fellaini will also miss the tie. This is leaving Van Gaal with the options of either starting Wilson who can't play for 90 minutes upfront,(due to lack of match rhythm according to Van Gaal) or playing either of Depay, Mata...

Confirmed: Rooney, Martial and others out of Watford clash. Summary of Van Gaal's press conference...

Manchester united boss Van Gaal has confirmed that skipper Wayne Rooney is I'll and will miss the Watford clash. Van Gaal also added that Michael Carrick, Anthony Martial, Maroune Fellaini and Antonio Valencia are out of the game at Vicarage Road due to injury. The United manager hopes to have both Wayne Rooney and Martial back for the Champions League game against PSV. Van Gaal says James Wilson...

Watford have lost their last nine encounters with United in all competitions. Watford have lost just twice in their last nine league matches at home, winning four and drawing three. Manchester United have not conceded a goal in their last five matches, and in 555 minutes of football. Manchester United have conceded in just three of their last eleven games in a competition. United will be hoping...

The international break has come and gone, Premier League action is back this weekend. Van Gaal will be hosting the media this today ahead of United's trip to Vicarage Road to face Premier League new boys Watford. Every Manchester United press conference is highly anticipated, but this seems to be of more interest due to some occurrences during the international break. Here's why 1....

Manchester United Spanish goalkeeper Victor Valdes is edging towards a move away from Old Trafford. The former Barcelona keeper was a surprise signing to some United fans, but has fallen out with manager Van Gaal. Both men had a nice working relationship at Barcelona, but the story took the opposite directon, when the two met again at United. Van Gaal relegated the Spaniard to the junior...

United will be hoping to continue from where they stopped before the international break, but this time with more goals, when the team travel to Watford. Injuries to players during the break will affect the team a little. De Gea undoubtedly starts in goal. Darmain should start at right back ahead of Ashley Young. Though the Italian has been far from convincing in his last few games, a good...

Yesterday, news of Arjen Robben move to Manchester United saturated the Internet. Unconfirmed reports has it that the Dutchman has agreed to join United in January, following a fall out with fellow Bayern team mate Lewandoski. A move to United is a possibility based on two to three reasons. Firstly, Robben is not strange to United manager Van Gaal. He is one of Van Gaal favorite,...

Belgian manager urges Fellaini to find new challenge outside Old Trafford

Maroune Fellaini has found himself on the fringe of first team duties this season, as he began the season with suspension after his late sending off last season. Since returning from the suspension, the midfielder has been unable to establish himself in the team. At the start of the season, Van Gaal had proposed that the big Belgian will be deployed as a striker, but with the arrival...