Counting on ace players has ever been the main striking force for every manager and if this key player is also the captain of the team, his importance gets tripled thanks to the motivational power that works in team favor after showing confidence in the skipper. Manchester United is one such team where although there are several great players yet manager Louis van Gaal wants only to talk about his skipper Wayne Rooney who can win them first silverware of the season. This is not a secret now that Gaal has taken many initiatives since he made a move to league giants including experimenting with the field spread and placing Rooney on rather unconventional position. Reds Devils’ upcoming FA Cup quarterfinal with Arsenal is of course the most talked about showdown and Dutchman wants to capitalize his weapons including strengthening the level of motivation among players by showing a stiff confidence in the skipper. He recently said it is Rooney’s desire to win first career FA cup that will … [Read more...]

The upcoming FA Cup quarterfinal between Arsenal and Manchester United recalls the famous showdown between these two giants back in 1999 that was triumphed by the Red Devils. In fact, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger still considers that loss as the biggest in his career and even admitted that noise coming out of United’s dressing room that night after their win still haunts him. This shows how serious he is with their upcoming clash with the Gaal army and if they have any chance to overcome Old Trafford rivals. For Wenger that match changed the course of soccer forever and he says it was the Ryan Giggs' iconic injury-time goal that could not let them enter into the finals. Similarly, Manchester United, who could not have had a dream run in current as well last season, is also looking forward to repeat their last meet with the Emirates giants which would also help Dutchmen proves his innovative field spread along with a mega outlay of funds that he did to hire players of his choice last … [Read more...]

English media is possibly the only media which do all the hard of managing players, officials of different sides every season. If you still don’t understand here is why we have to say this for them: recently few media houses reported that Manchester City could fire its non performing manager Manuel Pellegrini if he fails to defend his title while on the other day another media house suggested the name of Brendan Rodgers to take on the City job. It took them few hours to conclude the decision about who is going where even before City bosses could decide anything over Pellegrini. Nonetheless, Manchester giant is still at number two in the leaderboard and there is high probability that they will offer Chelsea a tough resistance even if they can’t stop Blues winning the 2014-15 league season. While on the other hand as far Rodgers’ future is concerned, he has already said over many occasions that he wants to serve Anfield side for long then don’t know how anyone can even try to convince … [Read more...]

Manchester United could have had a shoddy English premier league this season but they are as good in FA Cup as they have ever been hence it is obvious captain Wayne Rooney would target at least this title into their hall of fame. The 29-year-old skipper expresses his belief they can win FA title convincingly. He said this after having spent some eleven seasons playing for the Red Devils and in these years, he tasted the wins across all major events that include five League titles, two League cups, and one European trophy but he still has to taste FA Cup and this season looks closer to bring the most awaiting title for the English captain. United is up against Arsenal for a place among the last four and Rooney believes they can easily not only enter into the last four but can as well surprise everyone by holding his first career FA Cup. Talking about the upcoming quarterfinal, he said, “We have an FA Cup quarterfinal against Arsenal on Monday and that is massive for us. We haven't been … [Read more...]