Manchester United have confirmed that Louis van Gaal has left the club after two years in charge at Old Trafford. Executive vice chairman Ed Woodward said in the club’s statement: “I would like to thank Louis and his staff for their excellent work in the past two years culminating in winning a record-equalling 12th FA […]
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Inter Milan director Bedy Moratti accidentally let slip “Jose Mourinho is happy, he’s going to Manchester United.”
The sister of former President Massimo Moratti spoke to calciomercato.com as she left a lunch meeting with Mourinho and her family.
“Of course he’s always fantastic and we missed him as a person here,” she said in the video interview.
Does that mean never say never for a return to Inter? “No, he’s happy now, he’s going to Manchester.”
Mourinho is in Milan after being invited by Moratti to cheer on Inter against Sampdoria on Saturday evening.
He will be in the stands with former Inter Milan striker Ronaldo at San Siro.
The Special One is tipped to take over from Louis van Gaal at Old Trafford after being dismissed by Chelsea.
Paul Ayorinde
Embattled Manchester United goalkeeper Victor Valdes has tweeted about his exit from the club he joined last January, the Former Fc Barcelona goal tender has been frozen out of the United first following a dispute with Manager Louis Van Gaal about six months ago, the dutch tactician had claimed that values had refused to train with the Under 21’s, a charge Valdes denies.
Valdes is believed to be on his way to Standard Liege in Belgium for a loan deal till the end of the season, the spaniard has not been listed even once this season with Argentine Goalkeeper Romero preferred ahead of him and David De Gea holding down the number one spot, this loan deal is a way out for Valdes.
https://twitter.com/1victorvaldes/status/690119617864454146
His tweet as generated a lot of responses from Man United fans, with the bulk of them apologising to the Spanish Legend for the kind of treatment meted out to him at Old Trafford.
Below is one of the replies he got
https://twitter.com/steffenxo/status/690119749850783747
His Spanish Compatriot and Man United colleague David De Gea has also payed tributes to him on social media.
Valdes might just be able to get his career back on track with this loan move, which would most likely become a permanent deal at the end of the season.
Old Trafford will play host to a testimonial match in honour of Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney next August with all profits raised from the game going to charity.
The match will mark Rooney’s 12 years at the club and is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 3rd of August 2016.
Wayne Rooney have requested that all monies generated from the game after expenses will be distributed to his chosen charities through the newly-created Wayne Rooney Foundation, itself a registered charity. The organisations to which the testimonial proceeds will be distributed by the Foundation include the NSPCC, Alder Hey Childrens’ Hospital, Claire House Hospice and the Manchester United Foundation.
“I would like to thank everyone involved in making this testimonial become a reality, most of all I want to thank the fans for all their incredible support for me and the team since I joined the club. The match night will obviously be special for me and my family but I hope it will be a night of celebration for all involved and that we can also deliver one or two surprises.” Rooney said.
“Most of all I hope the fans will come out in force and help raise as much money as possible for these amazing charities, all of which are very close to my heart for different reasons.”
According to reports in England, Wayne Rooney wants to play his boyhood club Everton and also plans to invite former Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo to return to Old Trafford for the game.
Ed Woodward, Manchester United’s executive vice chairman,said: “I am delighted that United fans will be able to celebrate Wayne’s amazing years at the club in this way. From his sensational debut hat-trick to the latest of his 236 goals, he has been a central figure in what has been one of the most successful periods in the club’s history, winning everything from the Club World Cup, the Champions League and League Cup, to his five Premier League titles.
“Wayne has selected good causes very close to his heart and the club is delighted to play its part, in providing Old Trafford as a fitting stage for such a game.”
Lord’s Cricket Ground in London has been proposed as the venue for the ICC Cricket World Cup final when the tournament is staged in England and Wales in 2019 – and will also host the ICC Women’s World Cup final in 2017.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will also recommend to ICC that the semi-finals in the 2019 World Cup should be allocated to Old Trafford, Manchester and Warwickshire’s home of Edgbaston, with the opening game being staged at The Oval.
The tournament should also see Taunton host international men’s cricket in 2019 for the first time since the1999 World Cup, when two matches were played at the County Ground.
There will also be proposed group matches for Durham, Leeds, Nottingham, Cardiff, Bristol and Southampton. All venue allocations are subject to approval by ICC.
Lord’s staged the first three ICC Cricket World Cup finals in 1975, 1979 and 1983. The West Indies won the first two finals – their only World Cup successes – while India recorded the first of their two World Cup triumphs in 1983.
In 1999 Australia won the first of their three consecutive World Cups in the fourth final to be staged at Lord’s.
Giles Clarke, the ECB chairman, said: ‘The ICC Cricket World Cup attracts television audiences which have the potential to outstrip all other major international sporting events. As chairman of the ICC’s Financial and Commercial Affairs Committee I know that we are anticipating a global television audience of more than two billion for the final.
‘ECB is extremely proud to be staging the tournament which follows the Olympics and the Rugby World Cup in the list of truly global events being held in this country.
‘Multi-cultural Britain ensures that all the teams competing in the ICC Cricket World Cup will have generous support in all the games they play in what promises to be a global celebration of cricket.’
ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said: ‘The ECB has a long-standing reputation for its ability to host world-class events and the ICC is delighted that the ECB is hosting three global events between 2017 and 2019, each at quality venues.
‘Following on from our recently announced global broadcast partnership with Star India / Middle East, we are confident that all three tournaments will generate unprecedented worldwide audiences in what is widely regarded as the traditional home of cricket.’
Steve Elworthy, ECB Head of Global Events, added: ‘The tournament will showcase the exceptional facilities which now exist at our leading grounds after a period of sustained investment in everything from stands to drainage to floodlights.
‘The format of the tournament is also widely considered to be the most exciting with all teams playing each other in a 10-team group which will be followed by two semi-finals and a final at the iconic Lord’s ground. It is also fitting that Lord’s should be proposed to host the ICC Women’s World Cup final in 2017’
Lord’s staged a Women’s World Cup final in 1993 when England beat New Zealand by 67 runs but this was before the tournament came under the auspices of the ICC. The remainder of the venues for the ICC Women’s World Cup will be recommended to the ICC by the ECB Board in April.
Usually When a football club is not willing to part with a top player they make it known that the said individual is not leaving at any price.
When a club don’t want to be seen as willing to sell their priced asset, they utter a public statement while making their actual stance known to the interested club, as it was in the case of Atletico Bilbao during the Anders Herrera saga.
But in the case of Vidal, Juventus haven’t “toed the line” of Atletico Bilbao, they seem willing to sell at the right price.
So the big question is Arturo Vidal worth £34million or more?
The answer is YES, he is worth it in my opinion:
Arturo Vidal is an awesome box to box player, he is also very good with both feet and he is a proven goal scoring midfielder (he scored 18times for Juventus last season)
If Vidal can replicate is Juventus form for the former English Champions, then Old Trafford faithful’s are in for a feel good atmosphere, the kind they have missed for some years in the midfield; Vidal can be described as a hybrid of Roy Keane, Paul Scholes and Bryan Robson.
So I strongly believe that it’s time Man United’s CEO Edward Woodward enhanced his credentials by getting the man millions of Manchester United fans are yearning for, if the Reds are seriously willing to compete with the “Big Boys” this season.
The strength of the Manchester Club has just been re-affirmed with the signing of Mega Million pound deals with With General Motors and Sportswear Giants Adidas, in-spite of a lacklustre performance last season.
The Chilean is one of the best midfielders in the world and his signing would be a huge statement of intent to the rest of the league and would take the Reds up another notch as they bid to return to the money-spinning UEFA Champions league.
Van Gaal would not want to enter the first season of his campaign at Old Trafford with doubts over how his team will control games and dominate possession.
Ed Woodward can solve that problem for him by signing Vidal for £34million, otherwise Louis van Gaal and all Man United fans could look back at one moment of needless thriftiness wondering ‘what if’?
Paul Ayorinde
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