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Paul Scholes: a tribute to a player born in the wrong country

Paul Scholes: a tribute to a player born in the wrong country

In the last 15 to 20 years the best central midfielder that I have seen — the most complete — is Scholes. I have spoken with Xabi Alonso about this many times. Scholes is a spectacular player who has everything. He can play the final pass, he can score, he is strong, he never gets…

The Champions League Final: or how Manchester United gave Barcelona a helping hand

The Champions League Final: or how Manchester United gave Barcelona a helping hand

Stephen O’Sullivan points out that if you’re playing the best team in the world, it’s never a good idea to make it easy for them. The Manchester United players and staff queued up last night to hail Barcelona as, amongst other things, the best team they’d ever seen; Rio Ferdinand (“they were the deserving winners”), Nemanja Vidic…

Five Reasons For Manchester United Fans To ‘Believe’

Five Reasons For Manchester United Fans To ‘Believe’

Manchester United versus Barcelona is not a mismatch, despite what your friends are saying, and United don’t have to just focusing on stopping the Catalans, despite what that article you read said. Of course Barcelona will walk out at Wembley as favourites, and they should; they’re capable of playing football like no-one else. But as…