One of the most decorated referees in contemporary soccer Howard Webb, whose last important assignment was the final of Brazil world cup, has retired form refereeing duties and become the technical director of the body that selects and mentors Premier league officials;. This is actually a significant surge in his 25-year-long career filled with many adoring feats including officiating both Championship and world cup games in the same year – a unique coup he achieved back in 2010. The 43-year-old former English referee is known for his strict decisions throughout his career that included as well many controversial ones, but he has never been seen under any kind of pressure irrespective of the teams he is engaged with. These days, when most of the young referees found to be demoralized with the growing use of technology, Webb is one of the few who never advocated use of ay technical gadget into the field that could build an undue pressure over the in-field referees. Webb used to be … [Read more...]

Every change in the top management brings substantial changes to the entire team including confidence level of each team member and it holds ever truer if a side has passed through a bad phase. You guessed it right, we are talking about league side Manchester United and Van Gaal who seems to be extremely optimistic for their league show this season. Though, United has won its first preseason game in the US in front of the record number of crowd, yet Dutchman looks to be hungrier than ever on his English spell. Many teammates have now transformed from member of a losing side to their well-known starlet status and 30-year-old Scottish midfielder Darren Fletcher is one of them who is quite sure their team would not only finish among the top four in English topflight but they have good chances to even win the upcoming league season. His words could be overstated but even if this side could surge from last year’s seventh spot to anywhere around top four, it would be the outstanding … [Read more...]

There is a saying in soccer that if any star player acknowledges role of his any previous club, the club becomes the eye candy for aspiring players and this is something that is going to happen with Manchester United – Cristiano Ronaldo’s former side whom he still reckons as the finest place to play football. The Portuguese international is recovering from an injury he sustained during the world cup and talking about his former association with the league side, he openly said he would love to go back there if he had to ever leave Spanish side. His statement has no means practically since everyone knows he would never go anywhere else, especially after signing a five year contract with Spanish giants that tied him with Santiago Bernabéu side until 2018 yet his loyal testimonial for his former side opens lots of opportunities for United particularly for its Dutch manager who can now aspire for his favorite players. Ronaldo recalls his six seasons with 2012-13 league champions as the … [Read more...]

Manchester United started its season with a bang and impressed everybody watching the game with Real Madrid at Michigan Stadium in United States. Perhaps, the friendlier was more than a soccer extravaganza for fans out there as the match becomes the only match to have more than one hundred and nine thousand fans watching the game from inside the stadium. It is a new States record as previous one was held by the 1984 Olympic final that was witnessed by around one hundred and one thousand fans. The game itself gave an overcoming start to Gaal on his English tour as he maintained his winning record with ManU. The Old Trafford side not only dominated the both the halves but also showcased their core strength they are known for – thanks for the newly appointed Dutch manager who looks to be more optimistic for his performance in English career than anyone else. Besides, if we look at his recent attempts to bring brightest talents to Old Trafford, he got success on most of the times – a … [Read more...]